Is it possible to determine the ‘true’ value of ... and creative industries through empirical research?

Is it possible to determine the ‘true’ value of culture
and creative industries through empirical research?
Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska
[email protected]
Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Econometrics and Applied Statistics Unit
Berlin, 23rd October 2014
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AGENDA
1. Data
2. Composite indicators
3. Creativity
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Data
The direct contribution of cultural and creative
sectors to growth and job
In 2010 over 3% of GDP and 6.7 million jobs
(EU estimate, European Competitiveness Report,
2010).
Very often cited but based on considerably old data
WHY?
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Data
Data on cultural and creative industries (CCIs) are not easily available
Examples:
• the Labour Force Survey – the ISCO and the NACE codes not only are not
made available in detailed enough form but they are not even gathered in detailed
enough form
• Structural business statistics but they do not cover agriculture, forestry and
fishing, nor public administration and (largely) non-market services such as
education and health.
Exception: the United Kingdom
See: for example a bunch of the various reports produced by the NESTA London,
Creative Industries
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Data
But there is hope
Recently the Modernization and Social Statistics Unit has been set up
in the Eurostat to deal with cultural data.
It will be responsible for providing on a regular basis culture-related data on
(1) employment, (2) business, (3) expenditure, (4) external trade, (5)
practice and participation;
Expert group on cultural statistics (composed of National Statistical Offices and
possibly Ministries of Culture) will start working in April 2015;
The range of statistics in the field of the CCIs will be extended.
The methodology will be based on the report of the ESS-Net culture
(November 2012).
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Composite indicators
Indicators
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Composite indicators
Composite indicators created in house
DG ENTR
• Small Business Act Principles
• Regional Innovation
DG RTD
• New Innovation Indicator
Composite indicators: About sixty
partnerships in the last 10 years
Composite indicators audited by the JRC COIN
• Global Innovation Index
• Global Talent Competitiveness Index
Composite indicators
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Composite indicators
National Arts Index 2013:
An Annual Measure Of The
Vitality Of Arts And Culture
In The United States: 20002011
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Composite indicators
JRC possible input
 Building indicators
Supporting European Cultural Foundation
and the Boekman Foundation in constructing the
European Arts Index
Creativity
a positive impact of cultural investment on the growth
rate and income for countries where a large level
of cultural capital has already been accumulated
therefore enabling available human capital to be used
in innovative and creative ways
Bucci, A., Sacco, P. L., & Segre, G. (2014). Smart Endogenous Growth: Cultural Capital and
the Creative Use of Skills. International Journal of Manpower, 35(1/2), 33–55
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Creativity
human capital, skills and
creativity are the primary
drivers of economic
growth at the regional
and national levels…
Richard Florida
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Creativity ranks among the top five skills that U.S. employers believe
to be of increasing importance
BUT definition of creativity is different for educators and employers.
Educators say “problem solving” best demonstrates creativity, while employers
say “problem identification or articulation” is the best evidence of creativity.
Arts programs are optional, and employers who say they want to hire creative
people rarely go beyond subjective judgment to assess interviewees’
creativity.
Lichtenberg, J., Woock, C., & Wright, M. (2008). Ready to Innovate. Key findings. The Conference Borad.
Research Report 1424
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Creativity
STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)
 makes industries faster, cheaper, better, bolder
 makes people more efficient
BUT it is not good at growing people’s curiosity or imagination
Creative thoughts give individuals innovative edge
Innovators are more likely to create high-growth, high-paying jobs
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Creativity
What should be done?
Integration of science and technology with arts
STEAM education (Science, Technology, Arts, Engineering, and
Math)  this is the trend which become more common in the US;
Is it the same in Europe?
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People employed in the CCI possess significantly higher level
of NUMERACY, LITERACY AND PROBLEM SOLVING
Source: own computations based on the data from the Programme for the International
Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)
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Creativity
Creativity can be ‘taught’
Creative skills need to be
encouraged from an early age
and the adoption and
development of these skills
needs to be supported by
national education systems
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