In this paper we leverage a labour market reform (Fornero Law) which reduced firing restrictions for open-ended contracts in the case of firms with more than 15 employees in Italy. The results from a Difference in Regression Discontinuities design demonstrate that after the reform, the number of trained workers increased in firms just above the threshold by approximately 1.5 additional workers. We show that this effect can be explained by the reduction in worker turnover and a higher use of permanent contracts. Our study highlights the potentially adverse effects of employment protection legislation on training in dual labour markets.

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在双重劳动力市场中的就业保护和企业提供的培训

在本文中，我们利用了劳动力市场改革（《福内罗法》），该法律减少了在意大利拥有15名以上雇员的公司对开放式合同的解雇限制。回归不连续性差异设计的结果表明，改革后，公司中受过训练的工人数量仅比阈值高出约1.5个额外工人。我们表明，这种影响可以通过减少工人流动率和更多使用永久合同来解释。我们的研究强调了就业保护立法对双重劳动力市场培训的潜在不利影响。