Author: Ennis, Philip H.

Publication Year: 1976

Media Type: Report

Summary:

In the Spring of 1976, I directed a study, with John Bonin's collaboration, for the Research Division of the National Endowment for the Arts. Its objective was to find out if the routine statistics gathered by Actors Equity Association could be used to give accurate and continuing estimates of employment and unemployment in the American professional theatre. The occasion of the study was the recognition that the statistics on these questions gathered by the Federal government differed substantially from those gathered by the performing arts unions. This was and is a matter of some moment.

Abstract:

In the Spring of 1976, I directed a study, with John Bonin's collaboration, for the Research Division of the National Endowment for the Arts. Its objective was to find out if the routine statistics gathered by Actors Equity Association could be used to give accurate and continuing estimates of employment and unemployment in the American professional theatre. The occasion of the study was the recognition that the statistics on these questions gathered by the Federal government differed substantially from those gathered by the performing arts unions. This was and is a matter of some moment. (p. 76)

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