Religious Culture and Economic Performance: Agricultural Productivity of the Amish, 1850–80
利用1850-1880年联邦人口普查数据，研究阿米什农民与其他农民在农业实践上的差异，发现阿米什人并未抵制技术变革，但为维护宗教文化而采取不同的投资模式，这影响了他们的相对经济表现。
The farming practices of the Amish have differed in various ways from those of other farmers. I use the information from federal census schedules to examine the differences during the period 1850 to 1880 in light of Amish culture. Amish farmers did not resist technological change during 1850–80, but the evidence shows other systematic differences. They adopted distinct patterns in investment to ensure the survival of their religious culture, which in turn affected their relative performance.