Can employment subsidies and greater labour market flexibility increase job opportunities for youth? Revisiting the Italian On-the-job Training Programme

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 3 Treated firms and eligible worker cohorts

Period of observation	Number of firms entering the programme (participants)
Pre-treatment	Treatment	After-treatment	Workers 1961–1964 birth cohort^∗	Workers 1957–1960 birth cohort°
1985/1–1985/12	1986/01	1986/02–1986/12	153	49
1985/2–1986/1	1986/02	1986/02–1987/1	87	39
1985/3–1986/2	1986/03	1986/03–1987/2	77	26
1985/4–1986/3	1986/04	1986/04–1987/3	77	27
1985/5–1986/4	1986/05	1986/05–1987/4	88	32
1985/6–1986/5	1986/06	1986/06–1987/5	74	23
1985/7–1986/6	1986/07	1986/07–1987/6	100	33
1985/8–1986/7	1986/08	1986/08–1987/7	30	11
1985/9–1986/8	1986/09	1986/09–1987/8	98	37
1985/10–1986/9	1986/10	1986/10–1987/9	118	53
1985/11–1986/10	1986/11	1986/11–1987/10	109	47
1985/12–1986/11	1986/12	1986/12–1987/11	61	19
Total	1072	396

^∗ Workers' age is 21–22 for birth cohort 1964, 22–23 for birth cohort 1963, … 24–25 for birth cohort 1961.
° Workers' age is 25–26 for birth cohort 1960, 26–27 for birth cohort 1959, … 28–29 for birth cohort 1957.
A firm can be present in both groups Firms that hire only in a single age cohort cannot be used as a control for the other age cohort, so that any possible substitution effect is avoided.
Observable characteristics in the last pre-treatment month are used for selection for the p-score matching.