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

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 487-524

  Chemin, Matthieu ^a   Wasmer, Etienne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b SCIENCES PO   (France)

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EID: 73449124453     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605426     Document Type: Article

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