Are modern and classical music listeners the same people?

Abstract

In this paper we propose a method to analyse the differences between the consumption of modern and classical music, that we apply to Spain. Using the information contained in the Survey of Structure, Conscience and Biography of Class, we estímate a bivariate probit model to characterise the audience of each kind of music, we quantify the influence exerted by various socioeconomic features on the demands for these goods and we describe the average profile of their consumers. Besides, we test the independence on the consumption of these kinds of music is tested.