Chemin, Matthieu; Wasmer, Etienne - In: Journal of Labor Economics 27 (2009) 4, pp. 487-524
France's 1998 implementation of the 35-hour workweek has been one of the greatest regulatory shocks on labor markets. Few studies evaluate the impact of this regulation because of a lack of identification strategies. For historical reasons due to the way Alsace-Moselle was returned to France in...