@techreport{f9249ea858d04d118265ff3e6eb85386,
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.",
keywords = "Apprenticeship, Covariate Balancing Propensity Score, Permanent Work, Youth Employment",
author = "Andrea Albanese and Lorenzo Cappellari and Marco Leonardi",
year = "2017",
language = "English",
series = "Working Papers",
publisher = "LISER",
number = "2017-13",
address = "Luxembourg",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "LISER",
}