ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT QUARTERLY
A deeper dive in our analysis revealed that remote
areas in NSW have significant proportions of
residing artists such as dancers and entertainers,
musicians and visual artists and craft professionals.
On the other hand, remote areas of Queensland
and Western Australia exhibit LGAs that had little
or no artistic populations. Notably there are a few
exceptions such as Long Reach and Mareeba in
Queensland and Carnarvon, Exmouth, Broome, and
Ngaanyatjarrahu.
A deeper dive in our analysis
revealed that remote areas in NSW
have significant proportions of
residing artists such as dancers and
entertainers, musicians and visual
artists and craft professionals.
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CONCLUSION ABOUT THE AUTHORS
We note that creative endeavour is an important
driver of innovation, with the potential to enhance
economic and social wellbeing. Dr Angelopoulos is an applied economist and lecturer in
the school of Economics, Finance and Marketing. Her PhD
focused on the spatial distribution of creativity and diversity
across Australian regions. This is now being extended into a
housing, household and policy environment, with a continued
focus on spatial modelling. Sveta is an early career researcher
who has started to develop her profile by publishing in
reputable academic journals in her field and presenting her
work in conferences. Her research contributes to a field that
is becoming increasingly relevant to policy makers seeking to
improve the competitive advantage of regions.
Our analysis shows that whilst NSW and Victoria
have a higher endowment of LGAs with relatively
large proportion of artists they do not have a
monopoly. Further, there are large parts of
both states where the local artistic population is
relatively low (or unobservable). In particular, our
analysis suggests that inner cities tend to have
higher endowments of residing artists than outer
metropolitan areas that are dominated by relatively
lower distribution of artists.
The distribution of residing artists across States and
the Northern Territory can therefore generally be
grouped according to their broader economic and
community profiles. At the same time, when looking
at the distribution across areas of remoteness we
note that very remote areas are not necessarily
void of artistic communities, with some areas well
above the national average (having a relatively
large endowment of artists living within their
constituency). Further, the maps showed that
there was a general pattern extending out from the
inner-cities but this was not uniform and there were
notable exceptions.
The analysis suggests that some mix between
targeted place-specific initiatives and broader
initiatives are appropriate in the arts policy space.
Dr Sveta Angelopoulos
Associate Professor Jonathan Boymal
Dr Boymal is an applied economist, specialising in the areas of
housing and urban economics, cultural economics, population
economics, evaluation, economic psychology, health
economics, cost-benefit analysis, and technology diffusion. He
has published papers in leading journals, and has undertaken
commercial policy research for the Victorian and Federal
Government, as well as refereed publications in these areas.
In addition to his research Dr Boymal has extensive experience
in designing and delivering courses, and establishing and
managing programs, across a range of business disciplines,
both in Australia and overseas.
Associate Professor Ashton de Silva
Dr de Silva is an applied economist/econometrician specialising
in the analysis of the housing sector, household credit &
financial markets, regional (including cultural) economies
as well as government policy. He has published papers
in leading international and domestic academic journals.
Ashton has a strong record of engagement which includes
conducting research in partnership with industry as well as
being commissioned by private and public sector entities to
lead specialised investigations. Previously he has had several
leadership roles at RMIT University including the College of
Business Excellence Research Australia Leader. Currently, he
is the Discipline Head of Economics.
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