abstract: 'The objective of this paper is to evaluate the Brazilian Apprenticeship

  program adopted at a large scale since 2000. In particular, we

  investigate whether the program is a better stepping stone to permanent

  jobs when compared to other forms of temporary jobs. Similar to other

  apprenticeship initiatives around the world, the Brazilian program

  trains young workers under special temporary contracts aiming to help

  them successfully complete the transition from school to work. We make

  use of a matched employee-employer dataset covering all formal employees

  in Brazil, including apprentices. Our identification strategy exploits a

  discontinuity in the eligibility to enter the program in the early

  2000s, when 17 was the age limit to take part in the program. This

  strategy allows us to consider selection based on unobservable

  characteristics. We find that the program increases the probability of

  employment in permanent jobs and decreases turnover rates and formal

  labor market experience in 2-3- and 4-5-year horizons. These results are

  consistent with a positive effect of the program on reservation

  utilities of workers and on their efforts to expand skills. This is also

  confirmed by the data as we find substantial impacts on schooling

  attainment. We also find evidence that the skill requirements of the

  apprentices'' occupation affect the likelihood of obtaining an open-ended

  job in the short run and the education achievement in the medium run.

  The results also evince much larger effects of the program for workers

  who had their first job in large firms.'
affiliation: 'Corseuil, CH (Corresponding Author), IPEA, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

  Corseuil, Carlos Henrique; Foguel, Miguel N., IPEA, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

  Gonzaga, Gustavo, Pontificia Univ Catolica Rio de Janeiro, Dept Econ, Rio de Janeiro,
  Brazil.'
author: Corseuil, Carlos Henrique and Foguel, Miguel N. and Gonzaga, Gustavo
author-email: carlos.corseuil@ipea.gov.br
author_list:
- family: Corseuil
  given: Carlos Henrique
- family: Foguel
  given: Miguel N.
- family: Gonzaga
  given: Gustavo
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2019.02.002
eissn: 1879-1034
files: []
issn: 0927-5371
journal: LABOUR ECONOMICS
keywords: Apprenticeship; Youth-targeted training program; Adjusted matching
keywords-plus: 'LABOR-MARKET OUTCOMES; TEMPORARY-HELP JOBS; PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT;

  DISADVANTAGED YOUTH; TRADE; WORK; IDENTIFICATION; COMPENSATION;

  COLOMBIA; FRANCE'
language: English
month: APR
number-of-cited-references: '70'
orcid-numbers: Foguel, Miguel/0000-0003-4931-3676
pages: 177-194
papis_id: 5c1874a726da3c1b3cd6dc7b9f4ad712
ref: Corseuil2019apprenticeshipsteppi
times-cited: '7'
title: 'Apprenticeship as a stepping stone to better jobs: Evidence from Brazilian
  matched employer-employee data'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000464297200012
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '13'
volume: '57'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2019'