The 35-hour workweek in France: Straightjacket or welfare improvement?

Economic Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 55, 2008, Pages 417-463

  Estevão, Marcello ^a   Sá, Filipa ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; TURNOVER; WELFARE IMPACT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 45249088561     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: 14680327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0327.2008.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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