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Creative Human Capital Bibliography

​CLIFTON, N. 2008. The "creative class" in the UK: an initial analysis. Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 90, 63-82.
COMUNIAN, R. & FAGGIAN, A. 2014. Creative Graduates and Creative Cities: Exploring the Geography of Creative Education in the UK. International Journal of Cultural and Creative Industries, 1, 19-34.
COMUNIAN, R., FAGGIAN, A. & JEWELL, S. 2014. Embedding arts and humanities in the creative economy: the role of graduates in the UK. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 32, 426-450.
COMUNIAN, R., FAGGIAN, A. & JEWELL, S. 2015. Digital technology and creative arts career patterns in the UK creative economy. Journal of Education and Work, 28, 346-368.
COMUNIAN, R., FAGGIAN, A. & LI, Q. C. 2010. Unrewarded careers in the creative class: The strange case of bohemian graduates. Papers in Regional Science, 89, 389-410.
FAGGIAN, A., COMUNIAN, R. & LI, Q. C. 2014. Interregional migration of human creative capital: The case of “Bohemian graduates”. Geoforum, 55, 33-42.
Faggian A, McCann P (2009) Human capital, graduate migration and innovation in British Regions Cambridge Journal of Economics 33:317-333
Faggian, A. and McCann, P. 2006. Human Capital Flows and Regional Knowledge Assets: A Simultaneous Equation Approach, Oxford Economic Papers, 58 (3), 475–500
FLORIDA, R. 2002. The rise of the creative class, New York, Basic Books.
FLORIDA, R., MELLANDER, C. & STOLARICK, K. 2008. Inside the black box of regional development--human capital, the creative class and tolerance. Journal of Economic Geography, 8, 615-649.
GLAESER, E. L. 2005. Review of Richard Florida's "The Rise of the Creative Class". Regional Science and Urban Economics, 35, 593-596.
HEARN, G., BRIDGSTOCK, R., GOLDSMITH, B. & RODGERS, J. 2014. Creative Work Beyond the Creative Industries: Innovation, Employment and Education, Edward Elgar Publishing.
HIGGS, P. L., CUNNINGHAM, S. D. & BAKHSHI, H. 2008. Beyond the creative industries: Mapping the creative economy in the United Kingdom.
JICK, T. D. 1979. Mixing Qualitative and Quantitative Methods: Triangulation in Action Administrative Science Quarterly, 24, 602-611.
MARKUSEN, A. & SCHROCK, G. 2006. The Artistic Dividend: Urban Artistic Specialisation and Economic Development Implications. Urban Stud, 43, 1661-1686.
MARTIN‐BRELOT, H., GROSSETTI, M., ECKERT, D., GRITSAI, O. & KOVACS, Z. 2010. The spatial mobility of the ‘creative class’: A European perspective. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 34, 854-870.
MENGER, P.-M. 2006. Artistic labor markets: Contingent work, excess supply and occupational risk management. In: GINSBURGH, V. A. & THROSBY, D. (eds.) Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture.
NATHAN, M. 2005. The wrong stuff: creative class theory, diversity and city performance. IPPR: Centreforcities, discussion paper no.1.
NESTA 2011. Next Gen. Transforming the UK into the world’s leading talent hub for the video games and visual effects industries. A Review by Ian Livingstone and Alex Hope. London: NESTA.
NESTA 2013. A Manifesto for the Creative Economy. London: NESTA.
PECK, J. 2005. Struggling with the Creative Class. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 29, 740-770.
PURCELL, K., ELIAS, P., ATFIELD, G., BEHLE, H., ELLISON, R. & LUCHINSKAYA, D. 2013. Transitions into employment, further study and other outcomes: The Futuretrack Stage 4 Report.
TOWSE, R. 2006. Human capital and artists' labour markets. Handbook of the economics of art and culture, 1, 865-894.

Higher Education & the Creative Economy

Bullen, E., Robb, S., & Kenway, J. (2004). 'Creative Destruction': knowledge economy policy and the future of the arts and humanities in the academy. Journal of Education Policy, 19(1), 3 - 22.

Comunian, R., and A. Faggian. "Higher Education and the Creative City." In Handbook of Creative Cities, edited by Ake E. Andersson David Emanuel Andersson, Charlotta Mellender, 187: Edward Elgar, 2011.

Comunian, R, A Faggian, and S Jewell. "Embedding Arts and Humanities in the Creative Economy: The Role of Graduates in Uk." Environment and Planning C  (forthcoming 2013).

Comunian R, D Smith and C Taylor (forthcoming)  The role of universities in the regional creative economy in the UK: hidden protagonists and the challenge of knowledge transfer, European Planning Studies

Creative Graduates Research

Ball, L., Pollard, E., & Stanley, N. (2010). Creative graduates, creative futures. London: Creative Graduates Creative Futures Higher Education Partnership and the Institute for Employment Studies.

Comunian, R., A. Faggian, and Q.C. Li. "Unrewarded Careers in the Creative Class: The Strange Case of Bohemian Graduates." Papers in Regional Science 89, no. 2 (2010): 389-410.

Comunian, R., A. Faggian, and S. Jewell. "Winning and Losing in the Creative Industries: An Analysis of Creative Graduates' Career Opportunities across Creative Disciplines." Cultural Trends 20, no. 3-4 
(2011): 291-308.

Faggian, A, R Comunian, S Jewell, and U Kelly. "Bohemian Graduates in the Uk: Disciplines and Location Determinants of Creative Careers." Regional Studies (2012): 1-18.

Music Education / Graduates

Dibben, N. (2006) `The Socio-Cultural and Learning Experiences of Music Students in a British University'. British Journal of Music Education23(I): 91--116

Gembris, H.
(2004) `A New Approach to Pursuing the Professional Development of Recent Graduates from German Music Academies: The alumni project', in J.W. Davidson (ed.) The Music Practitioner: Research for the Music Performer, Teacher and Listener, pp. 309--18. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Limited.

Hewitt, Allan. "Musical Styles as Communities of Practice Challenges for Learning, Teaching and Assessment of Music in Higher Education." Arts and Humanities in Higher Education 8, no. 3 (October 1, 2009 2009): 329-37.

Pitts. S.E. (2003) `What do Students Learn when we Teach Music? An investigation of the `hidden' curriculum in a university music department '. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education2(3): 281—9

Winterson, Julia, and Michael Russ. "Understanding the Transition from School to University in Music and Music Technology." Arts and Humanities in Higher Education 8, no. 3 (October 1, 2009 2009): 339-54.

Creative Labour

Banks,M (2007) The Politics of Cultural Work. London: Palgrave.
 
Comunian, R. (2009) 'Questioning creative work as driver of economic development: the case of Newcastle-Gateshead', Creative Industries Journal, 2(1), 57-71.Final draft avaiable here

Gill, R. (2002). Cool, creative and egalitarian? Exploring Gender in Project-based new media work in Europe. Information, Communication & Society 5(1), 70-89.

Nixon, S. and Crewe, B. (2004). Pleasure at Work?Gender, Consumption and Work‐based Identities in the Creative Industries.Consumption, Markets & Culture, 7(2), 129-147.

Ross,A. (2009) Nice Work if you can get it. NYU Press. 

Taylor, S., & Littleton, K. (2008).Art work or money: Conflicts in the construction of a creative identity The Sociological Review, 56(2), 275-292