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Author-Name: Andrea Albanese
Author-X-Name-First: Andrea 
Author-X-Name-Last: Albanese

Author-Name: Lorenzo Cappellari
Author-X-Name-First: Lorenzo 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cappellari
Author-Email: lorenzo.cappellari@unicatt.it
Author-Workplace-Name: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Author-Workplace-Name: Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Author-Name: Marco Leonardi
Author-X-Name-First: Marco 
Author-X-Name-Last: Leonardi


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


Abstract: 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.
Length: 33
Creation-Date: 2017-05
File-URL: http://dipartimenti.unicatt.it/economia-finanza-def057.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: First version, 2017
Number: def057
Classification-JEL: J24, J41, C21. 
Keywords: Apprenticeship, Permanent Work, Youth Employment, Covariate Balancing, Propensity Score .
Handle: RePEc:ctc:serie1:def057