The Effects of a Shorter Workweek on Employment, Output, and Productivity -- by Pauline Carry, Claire Montialoux, Elio Nimier-David, Alexandra Roulet, Nina Roussille

For helpful comments, we thank Nick Bloom, Pierre Cahuc, Jennifer Hunt, Simon Jäger, Patrick Kline, Ilyana Kuziemko, David Lee, Emmanuel Saez, Benjamin Schoefer, David Seim and Owen Zidar. We also thank seminar and conference participants at NBER Summer Institute Labor Studies, Cornell University, Princeton University, Stanford University, Stockholm University, Oxford, LSE, HEC, Bank of Italy, CEPR Symposium, Sciences Po, Arizona State University, Columbia junior micro-macro conference, NY Fed, HKU, AMSE, Rutgers and SOLE-EALE for useful feedback. We thank Viktor Veterinarov, Maxwell Dunbar, Pauline Kermoal and Jade Sillère for excellent research assistance. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

• October 16, 2026