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Determinants of book reading and library attendance in Colombia. A microeconometric approach
Economics and Business Letters
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Determinants of book reading and library attendance in Colombia. A microeconometric approach
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Palma, María Luisa
Aguado, Luis Fernando Osorio, Ana María |
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The article explores the determinants of the decision to read books and visit libraries in a developing country, Colombia, based on data from the Encuesta de Consumo Cultural 2008 [Cultural Consumption Survey] (ECC2008). For this purpose, multilevel logistic regressions are estimated, results showing that a high level of education and a greater socioeconomic status have a positive and significant effect on the decision to read, whereas socioeconomic status does not prove significant vis-à-vis library visits. Moreover, the VPC (Variance Partition Coefficient), 5.33% (6.58%) of the residual variation in the propensity to read at least one book (visit a library), can be attributed to unobserved features of the neighbourhood
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Oviedo University Press
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2014-07-09
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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application/pdf
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http://www.unioviedo.es/reunido/index.php/EBL/article/view/10282
10.17811/ebl.3.2.2014.79-86 |
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Economics and Business Letters; Vol 3, No 2 (2014): June - Special Issue: The Economics of Cultural Industries; 79-86
Economics and Business Letters; Vol 3, No 2 (2014): June - Special Issue: The Economics of Cultural Industries; 79-86 2254-4380 10.17811/ebl.3.2.2014 |
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eng
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http://www.unioviedo.es/reunido/index.php/EBL/article/view/10282/10014
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Copyright (c) 2014 Economics and Business Letters
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