An Economic Approach to Religious Communes: The Shakers
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- Metin Coşgel, 2022. "An Economic Approach to Religious Communes: The Shakers," Studies in Economic History, in: Patrick Gray & Joshua Hall & Ruth Wallis Herndon & Javier Silvestre (ed.), Standard of Living, chapter 0, pages 309-321, Springer.
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Shakers; religious commune; living standards; incentives; membership; productivity;All these keywords.
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- B30 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - General
- H30 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - General
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General
- J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions
- L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General
- M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management
- N31 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
- P32 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Collectives; Communes; Agricultural Institutions
- Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EVO-2022-02-21 (Evolutionary Economics)
- NEP-HIS-2022-02-21 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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