Why Isn't the Whole World Developed? Lessons from the Cotton Mills
1910年新英格兰棉纺工人效率远超其他国家，原因不是技术或培训，而是当地文化，这解释了国际工资差异，对理解劳动力迁移、技术选择和经济增长有启示。
In 1910 one New England cotton textile operative performed as much work as 1.5 British, 2.3 German, and nearly 6 Greek, Japanese, Indian, or Chinese workers. Input substitution, and differences in technology, management, and workers' training or inherent abilities do not explain this. Instead local culture seems to have determined worker performance. Such differences, if widespread, would explain much of the international variation in wages. They also have important consequences for understanding labor migration, the choice of technique, and the sources of economic growth.