TY - RPRT AU - Contini, Bruno TI - The Cost-Effectiveness of Subsidies to Youth Employment in Italy: Toward a Preliminary Evaluation PY - 2022/Feb/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 15097 UR - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp15097 AB - The European Commission has for many years advocated fiscal policies in order to improve the employability of young people. This paper aims at providing a preliminary rough estimate of the cost-effectiveness of rebates on social security contributions granted to employers that Italy has utilized since the Nineties in a variety of forms. My conclusion is that cost-effectiveness is still an open question. ER -