The role of skills and human capital during England's Industrial Revolution is the subject of an old but still ongoing debate. This paper contributes to the debate by assessing the artisanal skills of watchmakers and watch tool makers in southwest Lancashire in the eighteenth century and their...

Introduction -- Women's occupations -- Women's wages -- Explaining occupational sorting -- Testing for occupational barriers in agriculture -- Barriers to women's employment -- Occupational barriers in self-employment -- Women's labour force participation -- Conclusion -- Appendix to chapter...