The president of France has announced that his government is considering abandoning its 2002 law that placed a cap on the hours that French employees could work each week (French workers were not allowed to work more than 35 hours per week). The reasons for eliminating the cap on weekly hours were listed as “unanticipated adverse consequences” in the areas of skill formation and employment levels. Use economic theory learned in this course to analyze the effects of the hours cap on skill formation and employment levels.