Does apprenticeship improve job opportunities? A regression discontinuity approach

"In Italy the reforms of the last twenty years shaped a dual labour market with different levels of employment protection for permanent jobs, on one side, and temporary jobs like apprenticeships and fixed-term contracts, on the other side. The main difference between apprentices and other types...

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Main Authors: Picchio, Matteo, Staffolani, Stefano
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Bonn 2013
IZA
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19122430124919406129-Does-apprenticeship-improve-jo.htm
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author Picchio, Matteo
Staffolani, Stefano
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Staffolani, Stefano
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description "In Italy the reforms of the last twenty years shaped a dual labour market with different levels of employment protection for permanent jobs, on one side, and temporary jobs like apprenticeships and fixed-term contracts, on the other side. The main difference between apprentices and other types of temporary workers is that the former should receive firm-provided training. The firm incentive in hiring apprentices consists in the possibility to pay lower wages and in a reduction in labour taxes. Using an Italian administrative longitudinal dataset containing information on all the job contracts started between January 2009 and June 2012, we estimate hazard functions towards permanent jobs and contrast the ones of apprentices with those of other types of temporary workers. The hazard function estimates based on a regression discontinuity approach affirm that apprenticeships are sorts of "long entrance halls" towards open-ended contracts, especially within the same firm where the apprenticeship was performed."
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is_hierarchy_title Does apprenticeship improve job opportunities? A regression discontinuity approach
language English
physical 41 p.
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publishDate 2013
publisher Bonn
IZA
spellingShingle Picchio, Matteo
Staffolani, Stefano
apprenticeship
employment opportunity
temporary employment
Does apprenticeship improve job opportunities? A regression discontinuity approach
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title Does apprenticeship improve job opportunities? A regression discontinuity approach
topic apprenticeship
employment opportunity
temporary employment
url https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19122430124919406129-Does-apprenticeship-improve-jo.htm