The Effects of Youth Labor Market Reforms: Evidence from Italian Apprenticeships

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This paper estimates the causal effects of the 2003 reform of the Italian apprenticeship contract which aimed at introducing the "dual system" in Italy by allowing on-the-job training. The reform also increased the age eligibility of the apprenticeship contract and introduced a minimum floor to apprentices' wages. Using administrative data and balancing techniques we find that five years after hiring, the new contract improves the chances of moving to a permanent job in the same firm, yet this happens mostly in large firms. There are also sizeable long-run wage effects of the reform, well beyond the legal duration of apprenticeships, compatible with increased human capital accumulation probably due to the training provisions of the reform.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 57

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Labor Contracts ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions
• Subject: Apprenticeship ; Permanent Work ; Youth Employment ; Covariate Balancing ; Propensity Score

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Albanese, Andrea ; Cappellari, Lorenzo ; Leonardi, Marco
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza (DISCE)
• (where): Milano
• (when): 2017

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/170654
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET