TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Askenazy, Philippe
        TI  - A Primer on the 35-Hour in France, 1997–2007
        PY  - 2008/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 3402
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp3402
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - 35-hour week
KW  - working time
KW  - bargaining
KW  - France
        ER  -