Vocational
training and labour market: inclusion or segregation paths?
An integrated
approach on immigrant trainees in Piedmont
Greta Falavigna, Elena
Ragazzi, 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:
Considering the multidimensional nature of
employability, which is a latent notion, and its intrinsic connection with
education and training policies, this paper uses a mix of quantitative methods
to explore the integration of migrants into the Piedmont VET system (North-West
Italy), and their subsequent transition into the labour market. In particular,
four different approaches are developed: a macro one, investigating gross
placement indicators; a micro one, investigating individual scores of
integration into the labour market; a multivariate one, estimating a probit
model that controls for individual characteristics; and a duration approach,
analysing migrants’ survival on the labour market. The counterfactual design
allows to estimate the net impact of training. Generally, migrants appear to be
disadvantaged with respect to EU nationals, but their gap is filled whenever
considering foreign trainees. However, the duration analysis does not detect
different paths for the treated migrants, but only different paths for migrants
on equal integration levels. Hence, data fully confirm the role of Piedmont
training policies to contrast and re-cover the disadvantage of target groups
which appear weak on the labour market.
Keywords: migration; work; vocational training policy;
counterfactual evaluation; net impact; labour market integration