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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy
Department of Economic Analysis, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 48015 Bilbao, Spain

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy is Associate Professor at the Department of Economic Analysis of the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao (Spain). She received her PhD in Economics from the University of Málaga in 2005. She has worked in the design and management of cultural projects and has participated in international projects on cultural statistics, cultural participation, interdisciplinary skills for heritage management, and societal impact of culture. Her research interests are cultural economics, behavioral economics, and social indicators.

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Journal article
Published: 26 August 2021 in Sustainability
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In this paper, we explore the relationship between different ways of getting engaged with cultural heritage and life satisfaction. Using data from a representative sample of the population of the 28 members of the European Union in 2017 collected in the Eurobarometer 88.1 (2017), we explore the relationship between use and non-use values and individual subjective well-being measured as life satisfaction. We present the results derived from the estimation of an ordered probit model where life satisfaction is a function of living near to heritage resources to represent non-use values, different ways of heritage participation (tangible, intangible, digital, and volunteering), and the usual explanatory variables that have been found to be predictors of life satisfaction. Our results indicate that the chances of being more satisfied with ones’ life increase with volunteering activities, with visits to heritage institutions, and with digital engagement. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the multifaceted values of heritage.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy; Anna Villarroya; Andreas J. Wiesand. Heritage Engagement and Subjective Well-Being in the European Union. Sustainability 2021, 13, 9623 .

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy, Anna Villarroya, Andreas J. Wiesand. Heritage Engagement and Subjective Well-Being in the European Union. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (17):9623.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy; Anna Villarroya; Andreas J. Wiesand. 2021. "Heritage Engagement and Subjective Well-Being in the European Union." Sustainability 13, no. 17: 9623.

Journal article
Published: 26 July 2021 in Applied Economics
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We study how education affects cultural and sports attendance of spouses using the Survey on Living Conditions 2015. With a sample of 7920 heterosexual couples, we estimate bivariate models for attendance to cinema, visits to monuments, life performances and sports events. We conduct research at the intra-household level and estimate the marginal effect of female and male characteristics over the probability of having a household where both members participate in the same type of social activity. Own and spouse’s education, income and having young children (0–3 years old) are the main drivers of both partners’ attending the same activities. Both male and female education have a positive, but not statistically different effect, on these probabilities. The probability of both spouses participating in culture and sports activities increases with income and decreases with the presence of young children.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy; Arantza Ugidos. Gender differences in cultural and sports activities attendance: an intra-couple analysis. Applied Economics 2021, 1 -13.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy, Arantza Ugidos. Gender differences in cultural and sports activities attendance: an intra-couple analysis. Applied Economics. 2021; ():1-13.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy; Arantza Ugidos. 2021. "Gender differences in cultural and sports activities attendance: an intra-couple analysis." Applied Economics , no. : 1-13.

Original article
Published: 12 April 2021 in Journal of Cultural Economics
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Citizens can get engaged with cultural heritage in many ways. Among them, donating their money and their time to cultural heritage organizations is a mode of participation that has been studied on very few occasions. Using the evidence contained in the Special Eurobarometer 466 (2017), we analyse the individual decision of donating money or time to support heritage organizations in the 28 countries of the European Union. We estimate a bivariate probit model to investigate how individual characteristics correlate with the decision to donate money and/or time to sustain cultural heritage.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy; Arantza Gorostiaga. Donating money and time to cultural heritage: evidence from the European Union. Journal of Cultural Economics 2021, 1 -33.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy, Arantza Gorostiaga. Donating money and time to cultural heritage: evidence from the European Union. Journal of Cultural Economics. 2021; ():1-33.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy; Arantza Gorostiaga. 2021. "Donating money and time to cultural heritage: evidence from the European Union." Journal of Cultural Economics , no. : 1-33.

Original article
Published: 26 September 2019 in Journal of Cultural Economics
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In this paper, we consider two ways of getting engaged with cultural heritage: visiting historic sites and monuments, and participating in community celebrations. We consider a sample that covers 18 Latin American countries and use data from the Latinobarómetro 2013 survey. We estimate zero-inflated ordered probit models to relate the intensity of the engagement to each dimension of cultural heritage and variables that characterize personal cultural capital, socioeconomic status, civic participation and community of residence. Our analysis finds three key dimensions to identify participation patterns: formal educational attainment, level of economic deprivation and degree of civic engagement. Higher educational attainment and better economic status are associated with greater probability of participating in both forms of heritage activities, tangible and intangible, and with a more intense participation in the tangible dimension. Individuals are also more likely to participate when they are also community-involved.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy; Arantza Gorostiaga; Máximo Rossi. Motivations and barriers to heritage engagement in Latin America: tangible and intangible dimensions. Journal of Cultural Economics 2019, 44, 397 -423.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy, Arantza Gorostiaga, Máximo Rossi. Motivations and barriers to heritage engagement in Latin America: tangible and intangible dimensions. Journal of Cultural Economics. 2019; 44 (3):397-423.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy; Arantza Gorostiaga; Máximo Rossi. 2019. "Motivations and barriers to heritage engagement in Latin America: tangible and intangible dimensions." Journal of Cultural Economics 44, no. 3: 397-423.

Original article
Published: 10 July 2019 in Journal of Cultural Economics
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This paper draws inference on the effect of changes in indirect taxation on household spending on cinema and performing arts using data from the Spanish household expenditure survey. As of September 2012, value-added tax (VAT) on cinema and performing arts in Spain was raised 13 percent points, with the exception of the Canary Islands which are not part of the Spanish VAT territory. Indirect taxation levied on cinema and performing arts through the General Indirect Tax of Canary Islands (Impuesto General Indirecto de Canarias, IGIC) had changed in July 2012 by only 2 percent points. Such an uneven raise in the tax rates is the source of exogenous variation used for identification in this paper. As the sample of treated households (exposed to the VAT rise) is much larger than the sample of untreated households (exposed to the IGIC rise), we use causal inference methods to estimate the average treatment effect of the VAT rise on the untreated households. We find that the average household expenditure on cinema and performing arts of the untreated households would not have changed significantly, had untreated households been exposed to the VAT rise. However, this average treatment effect would not have been homogeneous, as we identify an average treatment effect conditional on participation of 52.37 euros. Thus, the tax rise would have increased the annual expenditure of those households that spend on cinema and performing arts regularly.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy; Javier Gardeazabal; Arantza Ugidos. On the response of household expenditure on cinema and performing arts to changes in indirect taxation: a natural experiment in Spain. Journal of Cultural Economics 2019, 44, 213 -253.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy, Javier Gardeazabal, Arantza Ugidos. On the response of household expenditure on cinema and performing arts to changes in indirect taxation: a natural experiment in Spain. Journal of Cultural Economics. 2019; 44 (2):213-253.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy; Javier Gardeazabal; Arantza Ugidos. 2019. "On the response of household expenditure on cinema and performing arts to changes in indirect taxation: a natural experiment in Spain." Journal of Cultural Economics 44, no. 2: 213-253.

Book chapter
Published: 04 July 2017 in Enhancing Participation in the Arts in the EU
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The main aims of this chapter are to identify different groups of music consumers and to analyse the relation between the observed diversity of musical consumption and the socio-economic characteristics of its audiences. This information is essential for producers and cultural practitioners as well as for public agencies whose purpose is encouraging cultural consumption and promoting certain types of music. Using cluster analysis based on the 2011 Survey on Spanish Habits and Cultural Practices (SHCP-2011), we identify 12 distinct classes of music listeners and obtain a detailed classification of music consumers. As expected, education and age are the main determinants of consumption. Hence, education and childhood exposure to music could prove to be important instruments for improving music demand especially if they are focused on personal enjoyment and satisfaction rather than on the more formal aspects of music.

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Victor Fernandez-Blanco; Maria J. Perez-Villadoniga; Juan Prieto-Rodriguez; Victoria M. Ateca-Amestoy; Victor Ginsburgh; Isidoro Mazza; John O'hagan. Looking Into the Profile of Music Audiences. Enhancing Participation in the Arts in the EU 2017, 141 -154.

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Victor Fernandez-Blanco, Maria J. Perez-Villadoniga, Juan Prieto-Rodriguez, Victoria M. Ateca-Amestoy, Victor Ginsburgh, Isidoro Mazza, John O'hagan. Looking Into the Profile of Music Audiences. Enhancing Participation in the Arts in the EU. 2017; ():141-154.

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Victor Fernandez-Blanco; Maria J. Perez-Villadoniga; Juan Prieto-Rodriguez; Victoria M. Ateca-Amestoy; Victor Ginsburgh; Isidoro Mazza; John O'hagan. 2017. "Looking Into the Profile of Music Audiences." Enhancing Participation in the Arts in the EU , no. : 141-154.

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Published: 01 January 2017 in Enhancing Participation in the Arts in the EU
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Victoria M. Ateca-Amestoy; Victor Ginsburgh; Isidoro Mazza; John O'hagan; Juan Prieto-Rodriguez. Enhancing Participation in the Arts in the EU. Enhancing Participation in the Arts in the EU 2017, 1 .

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Victoria M. Ateca-Amestoy, Victor Ginsburgh, Isidoro Mazza, John O'hagan, Juan Prieto-Rodriguez. Enhancing Participation in the Arts in the EU. Enhancing Participation in the Arts in the EU. 2017; ():1.

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Victoria M. Ateca-Amestoy; Victor Ginsburgh; Isidoro Mazza; John O'hagan; Juan Prieto-Rodriguez. 2017. "Enhancing Participation in the Arts in the EU." Enhancing Participation in the Arts in the EU , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 09 August 2016 in Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
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The purpose of this paper is to analyse how public libraries have been conceptualized and measured in official Spanish statistics over the past 15 years. This allows us to reflect on the transformation of the very nature and aims of libraries during the first 15 years of the 21st century. We examine the main official statistical source of information on cultural participation, the Survey on Cultural Habits and Practices in Spain, and track the impact of social change and digitization on library services. By analysing the 2002–2003, 2006–2007, 2010–2011 and 2014–2015 surveys, we monitor changes in the questionnaires and in the derived indicators, and relate the findings to general trends and challenges for public libraries in contemporary societies.

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Anna Villarroya; Victoria Ateca-Amestoy. Changing trends in Spanish library services: Conceptualization and measurement in official statistics. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science 2016, 50, 216 -226.

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Anna Villarroya, Victoria Ateca-Amestoy. Changing trends in Spanish library services: Conceptualization and measurement in official statistics. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. 2016; 50 (2):216-226.

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Anna Villarroya; Victoria Ateca-Amestoy. 2016. "Changing trends in Spanish library services: Conceptualization and measurement in official statistics." Journal of Librarianship and Information Science 50, no. 2: 216-226.

Book chapter
Published: 01 January 2016 in Handbook of Happiness Research in Latin America
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In this chapter, we explore the effect of individual and of interpersonal variables on the individual and social domains of subjective well-being. Using data derived from the Latinobarómetro 2007, we analyze if some of the variables affect differently individual or social dimensions. We estimate generalized probit models to allow the effects to be different also across the distribution of subjective well-being in each dimension. We further explore if there are some domains for which there is some possible degree of substitution between personal characteristics (resources) and interpersonal relationships as to improve well-being. We find that substitution is a possibility for individual dimensions, but not for social or institutional ones.

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Victoria Ateca Amestoy; Teresa García-Muñoz; Ana I. Moro Egido. Individual and Social Dimensions of Subjective Well-Being: Evidence Across Latin-American Countries. Handbook of Happiness Research in Latin America 2016, 357 -388.

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Victoria Ateca Amestoy, Teresa García-Muñoz, Ana I. Moro Egido. Individual and Social Dimensions of Subjective Well-Being: Evidence Across Latin-American Countries. Handbook of Happiness Research in Latin America. 2016; ():357-388.

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Victoria Ateca Amestoy; Teresa García-Muñoz; Ana I. Moro Egido. 2016. "Individual and Social Dimensions of Subjective Well-Being: Evidence Across Latin-American Countries." Handbook of Happiness Research in Latin America , no. : 357-388.

Journal article
Published: 21 October 2014 in Journal of Cultural Economics
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The main objective of this paper was to examine the relationship between the type of distributor and its influence on the theatre allocation process. In doing so, we study the differences in the theatre elasticity of box-office revenues between distributors, once the other determinants of movie box-office revenues and unobserved film characteristics have been controlled for. The empirical exercise involves estimating a panel for the weekly box-office revenue in the US motion picture market during the 2002–2009 period. Given the dynamic nature of our data and the endogeneity problems that some of the independent variables may present due to the presence of unobserved individual effects of movies, we use the Hausman–Taylor estimator. Regarding theatre allocation, we find evidence of similar, but not homogeneous, behaviour among the so-called Majors, which, in turn, differs from that observed for non-Majors regarding theatre allocation to films. These differences are greater when we consider a selection of more successful movies that are exhibited for a longer run, maybe due to the rise in the amount of uncertainty for this sample. Our results provide indirect evidence of the differences in the market power of distributors.

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Juan Prieto-Rodriguez; Fernanda Gutierrez-Navratil; Victoria Ateca-Amestoy. Theatre allocation as a distributor’s strategic variable over movie runs. Journal of Cultural Economics 2014, 39, 65 -83.

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Juan Prieto-Rodriguez, Fernanda Gutierrez-Navratil, Victoria Ateca-Amestoy. Theatre allocation as a distributor’s strategic variable over movie runs. Journal of Cultural Economics. 2014; 39 (1):65-83.

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Juan Prieto-Rodriguez; Fernanda Gutierrez-Navratil; Victoria Ateca-Amestoy. 2014. "Theatre allocation as a distributor’s strategic variable over movie runs." Journal of Cultural Economics 39, no. 1: 65-83.

Book chapter
Published: 17 September 2013 in Handbook on the Economics of Leisure
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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy. Leisure and Subjective Well-being. Handbook on the Economics of Leisure 2013, 1 .

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy. Leisure and Subjective Well-being. Handbook on the Economics of Leisure. 2013; ():1.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy. 2013. "Leisure and Subjective Well-being." Handbook on the Economics of Leisure , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 07 August 2013 in Journal of Happiness Studies
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We address personal financial satisfaction from an intra-household perspective. Our purpose is twofold. First, we seek to contrast the procedural utility hypothesis, whereby different sources of income may contribute differentially to personal income satisfaction. In particular, we compare labour earnings and non-labour income. Second, we set out to test the hypothesis of relative income within the household. Does the income level of one individual regarding other members of the same household matter in personal income satisfaction? These two hypotheses are relevant to policy-making regarding subsidies, taxation and active labour market programmes. We use data for Spain and Denmark in the European Community Household Panel (ECHP). In general terms, and for both countries, our results seem to confirm both the procedural hypothesis and the relative income hypothesis. Labour income contributes more to individual financial satisfaction than non-labour income for both household partners (men and women) in the two countries. However, the effect of an individual’s own share of labour income relative to the partner’s differs considerably both between men and woman and between the two countries.

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Namkee Ahn; Victoria Ateca-Amestoy; Arantza Ugidos. Financial Satisfaction from an Intra-Household Perspective. Journal of Happiness Studies 2013, 15, 1109 -1123.

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Namkee Ahn, Victoria Ateca-Amestoy, Arantza Ugidos. Financial Satisfaction from an Intra-Household Perspective. Journal of Happiness Studies. 2013; 15 (5):1109-1123.

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Namkee Ahn; Victoria Ateca-Amestoy; Arantza Ugidos. 2013. "Financial Satisfaction from an Intra-Household Perspective." Journal of Happiness Studies 15, no. 5: 1109-1123.

Journal article
Published: 01 August 2013 in European Journal of Operational Research
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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy; Juan Prieto-Rodriguez. Forecasting accuracy of behavioural models for participation in the arts. European Journal of Operational Research 2013, 229, 124 -131.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy, Juan Prieto-Rodriguez. Forecasting accuracy of behavioural models for participation in the arts. European Journal of Operational Research. 2013; 229 (1):124-131.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy; Juan Prieto-Rodriguez. 2013. "Forecasting accuracy of behavioural models for participation in the arts." European Journal of Operational Research 229, no. 1: 124-131.

Journal article
Published: 25 April 2013 in Journal of Happiness Studies
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In this paper, we seek to examine the effect of social comparisons and of social capital on life satisfaction over a sample of Latin American countries. We test if, through social influence and exposure, social capital is either an enhancer or appeaser of the effect of social comparisons of material conditions in life satisfaction. Using the Latinobarómetro Survey (2007) we find, contrary to the existing literature that, the better others perform in the material dimension, the happier the individual is. We also find that social capital is among the strongest correlates of individuals’ life satisfaction. Our findings suggest that social contacts may enhance the effect of social comparisons, which is more intense for those who perform worse in their reference group.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy; Alexandra Cortés Aguilar; Ana I. Moro-Egido. Social Interactions and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from Latin America. Journal of Happiness Studies 2013, 15, 527 -554.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy, Alexandra Cortés Aguilar, Ana I. Moro-Egido. Social Interactions and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from Latin America. Journal of Happiness Studies. 2013; 15 (3):527-554.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy; Alexandra Cortés Aguilar; Ana I. Moro-Egido. 2013. "Social Interactions and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from Latin America." Journal of Happiness Studies 15, no. 3: 527-554.

Preprint
Published: 01 January 2012
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In this paper, we assess the forecasting performance of count data models applied to arts attendance. We estimate participation models for two artistic activities that differ in their degree of popularity -museum and jazz concerts- with data derived from the 2002 release of the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts for the United States. We estimate a finite mixture model - a zero-inflated negative binomial model - that allows us to distinguish "true" non-attendants and "goers" and their respective behaviour regarding participation in the arts. We evaluate the predictive (in-sample) and forecasting (out-of-sample) accuracy of the estimated models using bootstrapping techniques to compute the Brier score. Overall, the results indicate good properties of the model in terms of forecasting. Finally, we derive some policy implications from the forecasting capacity of the models, which allows for identification of target populations.

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Victoria M. Ateca-Amestoy; Juan Prieto-Rodríguez. Forecasting accuracy of behavioural models for participation in the arts. 2012, 1 .

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Victoria M. Ateca-Amestoy, Juan Prieto-Rodríguez. Forecasting accuracy of behavioural models for participation in the arts. . 2012; ():1.

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Victoria M. Ateca-Amestoy; Juan Prieto-Rodríguez. 2012. "Forecasting accuracy of behavioural models for participation in the arts." , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 07 December 2011 in Social Indicators Research
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This paper uses data for Spain from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (release 2.3.1) to model the determinants of the quality of life of the elderly, paying special attention to their intergenerational relations. The aim is to study CASP-12 (a social functional index) and explore the effect of interdependency in terms of the transfer of the resources of time and money between the elderly and other family members. To do so, we estimate a latent class model to explore the determinants of wellbeing. This allows us to distinguish between two different subpopulations, whose quality of life is modeled in different ways and who potentially would require different types of public care policies.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy; Arantza Ugidos. The Impact of Different Types of Resource Transfers on Individual Wellbeing: An Analysis of Quality of Life Using CASP-12. Social Indicators Research 2011, 110, 973 -991.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy, Arantza Ugidos. The Impact of Different Types of Resource Transfers on Individual Wellbeing: An Analysis of Quality of Life Using CASP-12. Social Indicators Research. 2011; 110 (3):973-991.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy; Arantza Ugidos. 2011. "The Impact of Different Types of Resource Transfers on Individual Wellbeing: An Analysis of Quality of Life Using CASP-12." Social Indicators Research 110, no. 3: 973-991.

Journal article
Published: 16 May 2008 in Journal of Cultural Economics
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In this paper we propose and estimate a model of theater participation using the data contained in the 2002 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts from the USA, a dataset widely used to study the determinants of cultural participation. Our contribution relies on the use of an estimation technique that respects the count data nature of the attendance variable (number of theater performances that an individual attended) and allows for heterogeneous behavior. By using a Zero Inflated Negative Binomial Model, we can characterize two distinct behaviors for the observable attendance: a group of never-goers (who never participate) and a subpopulation that has a positive probability of attending. For this latter group, we can estimate the effect of certain personal variables on the probability of highest frequency. The results suggest that the proposed model is appropriate for estimating cultural participation.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy. Determining heterogeneous behavior for theater attendance. Journal of Cultural Economics 2008, 32, 127 -151.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy. Determining heterogeneous behavior for theater attendance. Journal of Cultural Economics. 2008; 32 (2):127-151.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy. 2008. "Determining heterogeneous behavior for theater attendance." Journal of Cultural Economics 32, no. 2: 127-151.

Journal article
Published: 01 February 2008 in The Journal of Socio-Economics
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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy; Rafael Serrano-Del-Rosal; Esperanza Vera-Toscano. The leisure experience. The Journal of Socio-Economics 2008, 37, 64 -78.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy, Rafael Serrano-Del-Rosal, Esperanza Vera-Toscano. The leisure experience. The Journal of Socio-Economics. 2008; 37 (1):64-78.

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Victoria Ateca-Amestoy; Rafael Serrano-Del-Rosal; Esperanza Vera-Toscano. 2008. "The leisure experience." The Journal of Socio-Economics 37, no. 1: 64-78.

Journal article
Published: 31 March 2007 in Social Indicators Research
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For most individuals, housing is the largest consumption and investment item of their lifetime and, as a result, housing satisfaction is an important component of their quality of life. The purpose of this paper then is to investigate the determinants of individual housing satisfaction as a particular domain of satisfaction with life as a whole, examining the effects of individual and household attributes (predictive), housing characteristics (hedonic), and more importantly, of social interactions originated in one's residential neighbourhood. To do so, we model housing as a composite commodity that satisfies dwelling needs, as well as other intangibles such as familiar relationships and socio-status aspects. We use the Survey of Living Conditions and Poverty (Spain). Specifically, using a self-reported measure of housing satisfaction, we estimate ordered probit models searching for the empirical specification that provides the best fit accounting for divergences driven by aspirations defined in the own household (internal norm), and by social comparisons (peer-effect or external norm).

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Esperanza Vera-Toscano; Victoria Ateca-Amestoy. The relevance of social interactions on housing satisfaction. Social Indicators Research 2007, 86, 257 -274.

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Esperanza Vera-Toscano, Victoria Ateca-Amestoy. The relevance of social interactions on housing satisfaction. Social Indicators Research. 2007; 86 (2):257-274.

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Esperanza Vera-Toscano; Victoria Ateca-Amestoy. 2007. "The relevance of social interactions on housing satisfaction." Social Indicators Research 86, no. 2: 257-274.

Journal article
Published: 08 August 2005 in Social Indicators Research
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This paper aims to contribute further research on the conceptualization of individual financial satisfaction as a particular domain of satisfaction with life as a whole. Based on the 2003 Survey on Living Conditions and Poverty for Andalucía (Spain) and using a self-reported measure of welfare, ordered probit models are used to analyze the extent to which individual financial satisfaction can be solely explained by income in absolute terms, or alternatively, by taking into account the importance of relative income in its two dimensions: (1) personal aspirations as individual’s adaptation to previous and future income levels (intra-individual comparisons), and (2) social comparisons as individual’s concern for her peer’s income (inter-personal dependency).

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Esperanza Vera-Toscano; Victoria Ateca-Amestoy; Rafael Serrano-Del-Rosal. Building Financial Satisfaction. Social Indicators Research 2005, 77, 211 -243.

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Esperanza Vera-Toscano, Victoria Ateca-Amestoy, Rafael Serrano-Del-Rosal. Building Financial Satisfaction. Social Indicators Research. 2005; 77 (2):211-243.

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Esperanza Vera-Toscano; Victoria Ateca-Amestoy; Rafael Serrano-Del-Rosal. 2005. "Building Financial Satisfaction." Social Indicators Research 77, no. 2: 211-243.