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France's shorter workweek hit lower-skilled workers harder

Doing more with less has become standard operating procedure for many in the current economic climate. And for some in the wake of France's 1998 workweek reduction, it was in response to a reform that's still being debated today.

France's shorter workweek hit lower-skilled workers harder
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Doing more with less has become standard operating procedure for many in the current economic climate. And for some in the wake of France's 1998 workweek reduction, it was in response to a reform that's still being debated today.

Originally published at Phys.org

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