The duration of the school-to-work transition in Italy and in other European countries: a flexible baseline hazard interpretation

Francesco Pastore, Claudio Quintano and Antonella Rocca

International Journal of Manpower, 2022, vol. 43, issue 7, 1579-1600

Abstract: Purpose - The Italian school-to-work transition (STWT) is astonishingly slow and long in comparison to the other EU countries. We analyze its determinants comparing the Italian case with Austria, Poland and the UK. Design/methodology/approach - The analysis is based on a Cox survival model with proportional hazard. The smoothed hazard estimates allow us to identify the nonlinear path of the hazard function. Findings - The authors reckon that the actual length of the transition to a stable job is around 30 months in Italy. Conversely, it is less than one year in the other countries. Women are particularly penalized, despite being on average more educated than men. Tertiary or vocational education at high secondary school strongly increases the hazard rate to a regular job. The smoothed hazard estimates suggest positive duration dependence at the beginning of the transition and slightly negative thereafter. Practical implications - Stimulating economic growth and investing in education and training are important pre-conditions for shortening the transition. Originality/value - Despite the duration of the STWT is one of the most important indicators to measure the efficiency of the STWT, it is not easy to measure. The authors build on their previous research work on this topic, but relaxing the assumption of a monotonic hazard rate and using the flexible baseline hazard approach to test for the existence of nonlinear duration dependence. Furthermore, they extend the analysis by including student-workers who attended a vocational path of education, in order to detect its effectiveness in allowing young people finding a job sooner.

Keywords: Duration; School-to-work transition; Europe; Italy; Transition regime; H52; I2; I24; J13; J64; J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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Working Paper: The Duration of the School-To-Work Transition in Italy and in Other European Countries: A Flexible Baseline Hazard Interpretation (2021)
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DOI: 10.1108/IJM-03-2021-0135

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