which aim at explaining the true origins of the British industrialization. The paper first sheds light on a rising debate … paper then investigates the proposed causes of the British industrialization, aggregating them into seven broad categories …

We analyze factors explaining the very different patterns of industrialization across the 42 counties of England … between 1760 and 1830. Against the widespread view that high wages and cheap coal drove industrialization, we find that … industrialization was restricted to low wage areas, while energy availability (coal or water) had little impact Instead we find that …