Skills training programmes for unemployed workers in mature economies

Martina Bazzoli, Gianni De Fraja, Silvia De Poli, Enrico Rettore and Antonio Schizzerotto

No 18525, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: This paper studies the effects on long term labour market success of the provision of intensive skills training courses offered in 2013-14 to adult unemployed workers in the north-east of Italy. We find a substantial effect, which persists well into the fourth year after the beginning of the course. From a methodological viewpoint, we argue, as proposed by Angrist and Rokkanen (2015) that the set-up is equivalent to a randomised controlled trial, in view of the fact that the criterion which determines admission to the course is unrelated to the outcomes of interest.

Keywords: Active labour market policies; Regression discontinuity design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 J24 J68 M53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-10
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