The purpose of this paper is to provide an evaluation of traineeships as an active labour policy for young people in Italy. The role of traineeships as a formative experience for improving youth employment is stated by law and the specific evaluation of the regional Quality Traineeships Programme allowed for a more in-depth analysis of the role quality criteria plays in traineeship implementation.,Such evaluation relies on administrative data, while a counterfactual approach was used to compare trainees to unemployed young people registered with Public Employment Services. The impact of traineeships on youth careers was measured in terms of employment probability, but innovatively, the actual placement was measured in terms of both hiring and along a “quality” metric with respect to entry in the labour market. It is reasonable to assume that young people are interested in traineeships as an investment towards a more satisfying career (not just as a gateway to recruitment). At last, the authors introduce a persistency analysis of the effects on youth employment rates.,The results show that traineeships hinder rapid transition to work, but they are effective stepping-stones for young people seeking a quality career. A benefit of 7 percentage points was estimated on the probability of finding a quality job after completing the traineeship and a long-lasting effect on trainees’ employment rate is demonstrated by the persistency analysis. These benefits are strengthened for participants in the Quality Traineeships Programme, confirming the relevance of desirable learning and contractual conditions in supporting the effectiveness of internships in Italy.,As far as the authors know, this paper is the first study that specifically refers to traineeships as an active policy in Italy and the questions resulting from the research suggest new trends in the debate over the role of policies for supporting youth employment. The administrative archives used in the analysis and the persistence effects on youth employment rates are further innovations to the empirical literature on the effectiveness of Italy’s training programmes.

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实习生是否是意大利青年职业生涯的基石？

本文的目的是提供对实习机会的评估，以此作为意大利年轻人的一项积极的劳动政策。法律规定了培训生在改善青年就业中的形成经验的作用，对区域质量培训生计划的具体评估可以更深入地分析质量标准在培训生实施中的作用。这种评估依赖于行政数据，而反事实方法则用于将学员与在公共就业服务处注册的失业青年进行比较。实习对青年职业的影响是根据就业可能性来衡量的，但创新地，实际就业是根据雇用和进入劳动力市场的“质量”指标来衡量的。可以合理地假设年轻人对实习生感兴趣，以此作为对更令人满意的职业的投资（不仅仅是作为招聘的门户）。最后，作者对影响青年就业率的影响进行了持久性分析。结果表明，实习阻碍了工作的快速过渡，但对于寻求优质职业的年轻人来说，这是有效的垫脚石。据估计，完成培训后找到优质工作的可能性提高了7个百分点，并且持久性分析显示，培训对培训人员的就业率产生了长期影响。对于质量培训计划的参与者而言，这些好处得到了加强，证实了理想的学习和合同条件对于支持意大利实习的有效性的相关性。据作者所知，本文是第一个专门将实习生作为一项积极政策在意大利进行的研究，该研究产生的问题表明，有关支持青年就业的政策作用的辩论出现了新趋势。分析中使用的行政档案以及对青年就业率的持续影响是对意大利培训计划有效性的经验文献的进一步创新。