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You don't learn jazz in school

...human capital investments play significant, but different roles, in the earnings from jazz music and non-jazz music.  Years of schooling and years of playing music are positively correlated with the earnings from non-jazz musical styles.  With respect to earnings from jazz music, however, years of schooling has a negative impact while the point estimates for years of music experience nearly double.

You can find the paper here.

Posted by Tyler Cowen on January 20, 2005 at 05:52 AM in Music | Permalink

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