Working Paper Cnr-Ceris, N° 07/2014

Gender inequalities and labour integration. An integrated approach to vocational training in Piedmont[1]

 Greta Falavigna, Elena Ragazzi^* and Lisa Sella

National Research Council of Italy
Institute for Economic Research on Firm and Growth
CNR-CERIS Collegio Carlo Alberto - via Real Collegio, n. 30
10024 Moncalieri (Torino) – ITALY

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Abstract: Public policies are even more interested in vocational training issues, because spillovers fall on the labour market, and then on life quality. Reports of the European Commission registered that women are disadvantaged subjects on the labour market but, at the same time, they are more ambitious and are at their best on the educational side. This paper aims at analysing data of Piedmont Region on vocational training policies, focusing on the role of women into the labour market. Data refer to subjects that accomplished their training course during 2011. Analyses have been performed on interviews, in order to evaluate the effects of training on medium-term employment outcomes of trainees. A control sample has been selected with the aim to evaluate the effect of training, with a special focus on women. Probit models and average marginal effects (AMEs) allow authors to estimate the net impact of training into the labour market. Results suggest that the employment gap between men and women is completely recovered in trainees, also when considering qualitative aspects of employment.

 Keywords: Vocational training; inequality; gender studies; professional integration; labour market

 JEL Codes: I24, I25, I28, J71

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