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Employment Effects of Vocational Training: An Evaluation Using Propensity Score Matching

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  • Luisa Donato
  • Maria Cristina Migliore
  • Samuele Poy

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This article presents the results of an empirical exercise aimed at estimating employment effects of public vocational training courses completed by unemployed in an Italian region (Piedmont) in 2015. Using propensity score matching techniques we find a positive causal effect of the training: one year after the end of the courses the employment rate is about 14 percentage points higher in the treated group compared to the control group. Estimated effects are heterogeneous being more effective the training courses enhancing specialized competencies. Moreover, the impact of the program is higher for younger, short-term unemployed, and those attending longer training courses. The effects do not vanish in the medium term and the results have been proved to be robust to a list of sensitivity checks.

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  • Luisa Donato & Maria Cristina Migliore & Samuele Poy, 2018. "Employment Effects of Vocational Training: An Evaluation Using Propensity Score Matching," Politica economica, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 3, pages 273-296.
    • Handle: RePEc:mul:je8794:doi:10.1429/92121:y:2018:i:3:p:273-296
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    1. Pastore, Francesco & Pompili, Marco, 2022. "An impact assessment of ESF training courses for unemployed in the Province of Bolzano," GLO Discussion Paper Series 1042, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
    2. Lucia Švábová & Katarína Kramárová & Marek Ďurica, 2021. "Evaluation of the Effects of the Graduate Practice in Slovakia: Comparison of Results of Counterfactual Methods," Central European Business Review, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2021(4), pages 1-31.
    3. Francesco Pastore & Marco Pompili, 2020. "Assessing the Impact of Off-the-Job and On-the-Job Training on Employment Outcomes: A Counterfactual Evaluation of the PIPOL Program," Evaluation Review, , vol. 44(2-3), pages 145-184, April.
    4. Del Boca, Daniela & Pronzato, Chiara D., 2024. "The Impact of a Multifaceted Program on Fragile Individuals. Evidence from an RCT in Italy," IZA Discussion Papers 16808, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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