@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp3402, author={Askenazy, Philippe}, title={A Primer on the 35-Hour in France, 1997–2007}, year={2008}, month={Mar}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={3402}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp3402}, abstract={France has experienced massive changes in its regulation of working time during the last decade. These changes generate natural experiments that may help to study a variety of issues in labor economics, including work sharing effect on job creation or productivity, labor relations or adaptation of firms to regulation. This paper provides a primer for researchers interested by working on these issues. It includes detailed information about the 35-hour laws and their progressive removal, and discusses the first wave of research evaluating these policies, that draws a contrasted picture. It also highlights some unexplored lines of research.}, keywords={35-hour week;working time;bargaining;France}, }