In this letter, we study employer learning about worker ability during apprenticeship. We exploit an exogenous shock that increased the number of apprenticeship contracts in Italy, to analyse what type of workers were hired and which ones were trained more during the contract. We find that firms select workers according to their ability not upon recruiting them, but during the apprenticeships and the higher the revealed ability of the workers, the more training they receive.

Comi, S., Grasseni, M. (2021). Employer learning during apprenticeship. APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS, 28(18), 1548-1551 [10.1080/13504851.2020.1830934].

Employer learning during apprenticeship

Comi S. L.
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2021

Abstract

In this letter, we study employer learning about worker ability during apprenticeship. We exploit an exogenous shock that increased the number of apprenticeship contracts in Italy, to analyse what type of workers were hired and which ones were trained more during the contract. We find that firms select workers according to their ability not upon recruiting them, but during the apprenticeships and the higher the revealed ability of the workers, the more training they receive.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
ability; Apprenticeship; employer learning; training;
English
7-ott-2020
2021
28
18
1548
1551
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Comi, S., Grasseni, M. (2021). Employer learning during apprenticeship. APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS, 28(18), 1548-1551 [10.1080/13504851.2020.1830934].
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