Can cultural consumption increase future earnings? Exploring the economic returns to cultural capital.
Can cultural consumption increase future earnings? Exploring the economic returns to cultural capital.
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文化消费能否增加未来收入？
DOI：
10.1111/1468-4446.12374
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发表时间：
2019
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通讯作者：
R. de Vries
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作者：
A. Reeves;R. de Vries
文化消费通常被视为一种体现文化资本的形式，可以转化为经济回报（例如，收入），因为这种做法增加了进入更高社会地位的可能性。然而，支持这一理论的定量证据仍然不确定，因为它往往无法排除其他解释。在美国和英国，文化消费似乎影响了一些精英企业的招聘决定，但目前尚不清楚这些过程是否适用于其他专业职业和其他劳动力市场过程，如晋升。我们使用在英国进行的个人层面小组调查“理解社会”的数据来研究这些过程，使我们能够探索文化消费是否预测未来的收入，向上的社会流动性和晋升。文化活动消费量大的人，未来更有可能获得更高的工资，更有可能在社会上向上移动的，更有可能获得晋升。因此，在某些劳动力市场环境中，文化消费可以作为文化资本发挥作用，有可能助长代际收入不平等的复制。
Cultural consumption is often viewed as a form of embodied cultural capital which can be converted into economic rewards (e.g., earnings) because such practices increase the likelihood of moving into more advantaged social positions. However, quantitative evidence supporting this theory remains uncertain because it is often unable to rule out alternative explanations. Cultural consumption appears to influence hiring decisions in some elite firms, in both the US and the UK, but it is unclear whether these processes are applicable to other professional occupations and other labour market processes, such as promotions. We examine these processes using data from Understanding Society, an individual-level panel survey conducted in the UK, allowing us to explore whether cultural consumption predicts future earnings, upward social mobility and promotions. People who consume a larger number of cultural activities are more likely to earn higher wages in the future, to be upwardly socially mobile, and to be promoted. Cultural consumption, then, can function as cultural capital in some labour market settings, potentially contributing to the reproduction of income inequality between generations.