Regional Difference‐in‐Differences in France Using the German Annexation of Alsace‐Moselle in 1870–1918 | Zendy

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Regional Difference‐in‐Differences in France Using the German Annexation of Alsace‐Moselle in 1870–1918

Author(s) -

Matthieu Chemin,

Étienne Wasmer

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

nber international seminar on macroeconomics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2150-8372

pISSN - 1932-8796

DOI - 10.1086/596013

Subject(s) - annexation , german , unemployment , order (exchange) , power (physics) , political science , economics , law , history , economic growth , finance , archaeology , politics , physics , quantum mechanics

In this paper, we describe the historical context of local laws in Alsace-Moselle, a region of France under the control of Germany between 1870 and 1918. We provide three examples of labor policies that can be evaluated thanks to this experience: welfare laws, regulation of working time and absenteism, as well as preliminary investigations of the e¤ect of those policies. We conclude in proposing additional examples of policy evaluations that could be based on a similar strategy.

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