Using Alsace‐Moselle Local Laws to Build a Difference‐in‐Differences Estimation Strategy of the Employment Effects of the 35‐Hour Workweek Regulation in France | Zendy

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Using Alsace‐Moselle Local Laws to Build a Difference‐in‐Differences Estimation Strategy of the Employment Effects of the 35‐Hour Workweek Regulation in France

Author(s) -

Matthieu Chemin,

Étienne Wasmer

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

journal of labor economics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 8.184

H-Index - 109

eISSN - 1537-5307

pISSN - 0734-306X

DOI - 10.1086/605426

Subject(s) - rest (music) , estimation , identification (biology) , significant difference , economics , demographic economics , labour economics , statistics , management , mathematics , medicine , botany , cardiology , biology

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 1918, the implementation of France's 35-hour workweek was less stringent in that region than in the rest of the country, which is confirmed by double and triple differences. Yet it shows no significant difference in employment with the rest of France, which casts doubt on the effectiveness of this regulation. (c) 2009 by The University of Chicago.

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