The 35-hour workweek in France: Straightjacket or welfare improvement?
分析法国2000-2002年将每周工时从39小时减至35小时的法律效果，发现总就业未受影响但劳动力流动增加，女性可能受益于工时协调，而管理者因行政负担福利受损。
Workweek reduction laws may be beneficial if market interactions do not fully take into account the preferences reflected in declining secular trends in working hours. The most recent law in France shortened the workweek from 39 to 35 hours in 2000 for large firms, and in 2002 for small firms. Analysing differences between large and small firm employees before and after the law, we find that aggregate employment was unaffected but labour turnover increased, as firms shed workers who became more expensive. Survey responses indicate that the welfare impact of the law was different across groups of workers: women but not men may have benefited from coordination to a shorter workweek, and there is also evidence of negative welfare effects for managers, possibly due to the law's administrative burden.—Marcello Estevão and Filipa Sá