%0 Report
        %A Albanese, Andrea
%A Cappellari, Lorenzo
%A Leonardi, Marco
        %T The Effects of Youth Labor Market Reforms: Evidence from Italian Apprenticeships
        %D 2017
        %8 2017 May
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 10766
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp10766
        %X 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. 
        %K apprenticeship
%K permanent work
%K youth employment
%K covariate balancing
%K propensity score