Are the French Happy with the 35-Hour Workweek? / Marcello Estevão, Filipa Sa.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Estevão, Marcello.

Contributor:

Sa, Filipa.

International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Department.

Series:

IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/251

IMF Working Papers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hours of labor--France--Econometric models.

Hours of labor.

Workweek--France--Econometric models.

Workweek.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (26 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Legally mandated reductions in the workweek can be either a constraint on individuals' choice or a tool to coordinate individuals' preferences for lower work hours. We confront these two hypotheses by studying the consequences of the workweek reduction in France from 39 to 35 hours, which was first applied to large firms in 2000. Using the timing difference by firm size to set up a quasi-experiment and data from the French labor force survey, we show that the law constrained the choice of a significant number of individuals: dual-job holdings increased, some workers in large firms went to small firms where hours were not constrained, and others were replaced by cheaper, unemployed individuals as relative hourly wages increased in large firms. Employment of persons directly affected by the law declined, although the net effect on aggregate employment was not significant.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. INSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUND AND PREVIOUS RESEARCH""; ""III. CONSEQUENCES OF HOURS RESTRICTIONS: THEORY""; ""IV. DATA AND IDENTIFICATION STRATEGY""; ""V. RESULTS""; ""VI. CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""

Notes:

"November 2006."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 24).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613828378

9781462338696

1462338690

9781452756189

145275618X

9781283515924

128351592X

9781451909647

1451909640

OCLC:

694141085