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Coal and the European Industrial Revolution

Author(s) -

Alan Fernihough,

Kevin O’Rourke

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

the economic journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.683

H-Index - 160

eISSN - 1468-0297

pISSN - 0013-0133

DOI - 10.1093/ej/ueaa117

Subject(s) - carboniferous , industrial revolution , coal , coal mining , mining engineering , economic geography , economics , economy , geology , geography , archaeology , paleontology , structural basin

To what extent did growth during the Industrial Revolution depend on coal? We answer the question using a panel of European city sizes between 1300 and 1900. Prior to 1750, there was no relationship between proximity to coalfields and growth; after 1750 cities closer to coalfields grew substantially faster than those further away. We instrument for coal proximity using proximity to Carboniferous-era rock strata.

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