@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp10766,
            	author={Albanese, Andrea and Cappellari, Lorenzo and Leonardi, Marco},
            	title={The Effects of Youth Labor Market Reforms: Evidence from Italian Apprenticeships},
            	year={2017},
	month={May},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={10766},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp10766},
	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;permanent work;youth employment;covariate balancing;propensity score},
            }