05070oam 22012374 450 991097247710332120250426110814.09786613828378978146233869614623386909781452756189145275618X9781283515924128351592X97814519096471451909640(CKB)3360000000443764(EBL)3014436(SSID)ssj0000940055(PQKBManifestationID)11553617(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000940055(PQKBWorkID)10938243(PQKB)10598402(OCoLC)694141085(IMF)WPIEE2006251(MiAaPQ)EBC3014436(IMF)WPIEA2006251WPIEA2006251(EXLCZ)99336000000044376420020129d2006 uf 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAre the French Happy with the 35-Hour Workweek? /Marcello Estevão, Filipa Sa1st ed.Washington, D.C. :International Monetary Fund,2006.1 online resource (26 p.)IMF Working Papers"November 2006."9781451865110 1451865112 Includes bibliographical references (p. 24).""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""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.IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;No. 2006/251Hours of laborFranceEconometric modelsWorkweekFranceEconometric modelsAggregate Factor Income DistributionimfAggregate Human CapitalimfAggregate Labor ProductivityimfEconomic theoryimfEmploymentimfIncome economicsimfIncomeimfIntergenerational Income DistributionimfLabor economicsimfLabor Economics: GeneralimfLaborimfLabourimfMacroeconomicsimfNational accountsimfSingle Equation ModelsimfSingle Variables: Cross-Sectional ModelsimfSpatial ModelsimfTime Allocation and Labor SupplyimfTreatment Effect ModelsimfUnemploymentimfUnemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job SearchimfWagesimfWages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: GeneralimfFranceimfHours of laborEconometric models.WorkweekEconometric models.Aggregate Factor Income DistributionAggregate Human CapitalAggregate Labor ProductivityEconomic theoryEmploymentIncome economicsIncomeIntergenerational Income DistributionLabor economicsLabor Economics: GeneralLaborLabourMacroeconomicsNational accountsSingle Equation ModelsSingle Variables: Cross-Sectional ModelsSpatial ModelsTime Allocation and Labor SupplyTreatment Effect ModelsUnemploymentUnemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job SearchWagesWages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: GeneralEstevão Marcello1815803Sa Filipa1815804International Monetary Fund.Western Hemisphere Dept.DcWaIMFBOOK9910972477103321Are the French Happy with the 35-Hour Workweek4371327UNINA