It Takes a Village
A Test of the Creative Class, Social Capital, and Human Capital Theories
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6404645 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michele Hoyman (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Michele M Hoyman (0000-0003-2975-9179, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Christopher Faricy (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 311-333 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Affairs Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1078087408321496 |
| OpenAlex | W3125876381 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 75 |
| References cited | 47 |
Richard Florida argues that the “creative class” is inextricably connected with surges in urban growth. This article, using data from 276 metropolitan statistical areas, empirically tests the creative class theory as compared to the human and social capital models of economic growth. Our results demonstrate that the creative class is not related to growth, whereas human capital predicts economic growth and development and social capital predicts average wage but not job growth. Additionally, we found that clusters of universities correlated highly with economic growth. Our findings should warn policy makers against the use of “creative” strategies for urban economic development
Class (philosophy · Classical economics · Creative class · Creativity · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Growth theory · Human capital · Job creation · Labour economics · Market economy · Metropolitan area · Political science · Social capital · Social class · Social science · Sociology · Wage · Wage growth · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Social and Cultural Dynamics
Neo-liberal urban planning policies
The Nexus between Creative Actors and Regional Development
Creative Workforce and Economic Development in Precrisis Europe
Impacts of multi-functionality of urban agriculture on the CCs in Japan
Public policies and multilevel governance to promote the creative economy from the cultural fi eld
Urban tourism and the politic of creative class
Impacts of multi-functionality of urban agriculture on the creative classes in global mega city
Creative Cities and (Un)Sustainability
Home from Home? Locational Choices of International “Creative Class” Workers
A creativity-led rural renaissance? Amenity-led migration, the creative turn and the uneven development of rural Australia
Smart endogenous growth
Painting the Nation
Booming Bohemia? Evidence from the US High-Technology Industry
Does culture affect local productivity and urban amenities?
Drivers and Processes of Creative Industries in Cities and Regions
The effect on economic development of creative class versus human capital
Is creativity a reality in Bulgaria cities? An empirical study in the pre-pandemic period
The Renewal of a Concept
The geography of the Super Creative Class in the greater Tokyo area
Calgary and the 'creative class'
Innovativeness, creativity and public policy
Development policies and creative ecologies
Racial and Ethnic Politics in American Suburbs
Let’s Audit Bohemia
Towards a Practice-based Model for Community Practice
Assembling the Puzzle of the Nonprofit-Economic Development Linkage
Creatives after the crash
Fair Weather Friends? The Impact of the Creative Class on the Economic Health of Mid-sized US Metropolitan Areas, 1990-2009
Global cities, global justice
Bourdieu and urban politics
The rural growth trifecta
Determinants of rural creative microclustering
After Florida
Gentrification and the evolution of commuting behavior within America's urban cores, 2000–2015
Broadband and the creative industries in rural Scotland
The creative fire
From Coal to Cool”
Are Central Cities More Creative? the Intrametropolitan Geography of Creative Industries
What about Culture for the Ordinary Workforce? A Study on the Locational Preferences of the Creative Class in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
Geographies of sexualities in sub-Saharan Africa
Reconstructing Urban Politics with a B ourdieusian Framework
If All You Have Is A Hammer
Does County Form of Government Impact Economic Growth and Development Trends? The Case of Four States
Contingent Valuation and Estimates of Residents’ Support for Revitalization Plans
Creative workers' perception of place in Edmonton Canada
Marketing the unmarketable
Leisure choices of the creative class
Impacts of transit and walking amenities on robust local knowledge economy
Agency and Empowerment under Unlikely Conditions
Understanding culture-led local development
Behind a bicycling boom
The Arts and Local Economic Development
Importance of Social Capital in Coping With and Benefiting From New Economic Conditions
Disasters and Social Capital
A Good Place to Live? On Municipality Characteristics and Children’s Placement Risk
Drinking from the Talent Pool
Changing Degrees
Creative industries, creative class and competitiveness
Competing Conceptions of the Creative University
Montagne in Movimento
The Spatial Mobility of the ‘Creative Class
Tolerance in the Postindustrial City
Placemaking as an Economic Development Strategy for Small and Midsized Cities
Governance, Policy Innovation, and Local Economic Development in North Carolina
Empowering peripheral communities by using place-identity
Rural economic development under devolution
The Motivation and Persuasion Process (MAP)
A stop on the train
A Conceptual Regulatory Framework for the Design and Evaluation of Complex, Participative Cultural Planning Strategies
Realising the Diversity Dividend
Suicide and the Creative Class
Diverse cities and good citizenship
Are Peripheral Regions Benefiting from National Policies Aimed at Attracting Skilled Migrants? Case Study of the Northern Territory of Australia
How Creative is Tehran? An International and National Benchmarking Analysis
Suicide and the Creative Class
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Political tolerance and American democracy
When Work Disappears
Why Don't Poor Countries Catch Up? A Cross‐national Test of an Institutional Explanation
Human Capital and Growth
Threshold Externalities in Economic Development
Appropriate Technology and Growth
On the mechanics of economic development
Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital
Trust
Cities and the Creative Class
The Economics of Immigration
The city as an entertainment machine
The Forms of Capital
Making Democracy Work
Neo–Bohemia
Amenities Drive Urban Growth
An Economic Approach to Social Capital
Making Democracy Work
The Changing Dynamics of Urban Politics
E Pluribus Unum
The Spirit of Capitalism? Religious Doctrine, Values, and Economic Attitude Constructs
Is It Time to Disinvest in Social Capital
Civics or Structure? Revisiting the Origins of Democratic Quality in the Italian Regions
Latino Group Consciousness and Political Participation
Bowling Alone
Urbanism, Region, and Tolerance Revisited
Religion and Economic Growth across Countries
Struggling with the Creative Class
When Work Disappears
Urban Development and the Politics of a Creative Class
Black Consciousness and Political Participation
Cosmopolitan Knowledge and the Production and Consumption of Sexualized Space
Social Capital
Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital
The Strength of Weak Ties
Social capital and economic development
| Unique citing works | 75 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,41 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 75 |