作者:University of Connecticut; University System of Ohio; University of Toledo
摘要:Focusing on a religious commune known as the Shakers and utilizing the information recorded in the enumeration schedules of the U.S. manufacturing and agriculture censuses, this article estimates the productivities of Shaker enterprises and compares them with those of other producers randomly selected from the same data source. The results provide support to the contention that communes need not always suffer from reduced productivity. Shaker farms and shops generally performed just as product...
作者:Simon Fraser University
作者:University System of Ohio; Bowling Green State University
作者:University of California System; University of California Davis
作者:University of California System; University of California Berkeley
作者:University of California System; University of California Davis
作者:National Bureau of Economic Research; Santa Clara University; University of Kansas