Employed 40 Hours or Not Employed 39: Lessons from the 1982 Mandatory Reduction of the Workweek
Employed 40 Hours or Not Employed 39: Lessons from the 1982 Mandatory Reduction of the Workweek
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工作 40 小时或未工作 39 小时：1982 年强制减少每周工作时间的经验教训
DOI：
10.1086/342807
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发表时间：
2002
影响因子：
8.2
通讯作者：
F. Kramarz
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作者：
Bruno Crépon;F. Kramarz
我们调查了1982年2月1日法国强制减少每周工作时间的影响。1981年密特朗当选总统后，最低工资提高了5%。每周工作时间从40小时减少到39小时。与此同时，规定最低工资收入者每月有稳定的收入。我们发现，在1981年3月工作40小时及以上的工人在1981年至1982年之间失业的可能性比1981年3月工作36-39小时的工人更大。此外，许多工人在2月后仍在工作40小时。这些工人也受到这一削减的严重影响。我们估计这一小时的减少对就业损失的影响在2%到4%之间。最低工资工人受这些变化的影响最大。
We investigate the effects of the February 1, 1982, mandatory reduction of weekly working hours in France. Just after François Mitterrand’s election in 1981, the minimum wage was increased by 5 percent. The workweek was then reduced from 40 to 39 hours. At the same time, stable monthly earnings for minimum‐wage earners were mandated. We show that workers employed 40 hours and above in March 1981 were more likely to lose their jobs between 1981 and 1982 than workers employed 36–39 hours in March 1981. Moreover, many workers were still working 40 hours after February. These workers were also strongly affected by this reduction. Our estimates of the impact of this one‐hour reduction on employment losses vary between 2 percent and 4 percent. Minimum‐wage workers were most affected by the changes.