Fast & Serious with Antoine Germain
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Working time reduction: what happens when governments intervene?
What happens when governments reduce working time?
In this video, economist Antoine Germain presents one chapter of his PhD research at LIDAM, UCLouvain. By combining economic theory with a historical case study of the Belgian coal mining industry in 1910, he explores the real effects of working time reduction policies on wages, firm profits, and worker well-being.
- Why do economists often resist these policies?
- What happens when firms—not workers—set working hours?
- How can archives from over a century ago inform today’s labor policy debates?
A fascinating investigation rooted in academic rigor and real-world relevance, conducted at UCLouvain and soon continuing at the University of Pennsylvania.
Antoine Germain (CORE)