This paper was originally published by VoxEU CEPR's Policy Portal, 28 May 2016 http://voxeu.org/article/effect-minimum-wage-wage-bargaining-industry-level-evidence-france Authors: Denis Fougère (OSC, LIEPP, CREST, CEPR), Erwan Gautier (Univeristy of Nantes), Sébastien Roux (INSEE). In light of the Eurozone Crisis, some countries have implemented reforms to collective wage bargaining institutions, which can be responsible for wage rigidities that are problematic in the face of rising unemploy..