ABSTRACT

During recent decades, most Western European countries and the US have seen massive investments in culture houses designed to host cultural activities like theatre performances, concerts and exhibitions. They are often large with spectacular architectural design, and the main political purpose is often to attract the attention of potential tourists, investors and future residents who could contribute to the economic and demographic development of places. The existing literature contains mainly single case studies of successful places. There is a lack of comprehensive and systematic evidence of the causal effects of new culture houses on attraction and migration. This paper sets out to fill this gap by investigating the effect on migration of the opening of 52 culture houses in Norway in the period 2001–2014; the study uses a panel data structure and a difference-in-difference approach, and the impact of an architectural ‘wow factor’ is tested. The results show that no causal effect on migration of opening a culture house can be identified. The results contradict political rhetoric in many Western countries, and the results have relevance for local politicians who are responsible for planning of local culture and economic development.

摘要

近几十年来，大多数西欧国家和美国都对旨在举办戏剧表演、音乐会和展览等文化活动的文化馆进行了大量投资。它们通常很大，拥有壮观的建筑设计，主要的政治目的往往是吸引潜在游客、投资者和未来居民的注意力，他们可以为地方的经济和人口发展做出贡献。现有文献主要包含成功场所的单一案例研究。关于新文化住宅对吸引力和移民的因果影响，缺乏全面和系统的证据。本文旨在通过调查 2001 年至 2014 年期间挪威 52 家文化馆的开放对迁移的影响来填补这一空白；该研究使用面板数据结构和差异中的差异方法，并测试了建筑“令人惊叹的因素”的影响。结果表明，无法确定开文化房对迁移的因果关系。结果与许多西方国家的政治言论相矛盾，结果对负责规划当地文化和经济发展的当地政治家具有相关性。