Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/319128 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17859
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We evaluate a labor market integration program that fast-tracked asylum seekers into the Italian labor market through personalized job mentoring, placement assistance, and on-the-job training. Leveraging randomized assignment across reception centers and individual-level administrative records, we find effects on employment rates of $10$ percentage points, or $30\%$ over the baseline, over a 18-month period. The program also improved job quality through increased access to fixed-term and open-ended contracts. Subsidized internships were a critical pathway to transitioning participants into standard employment. Survey data indicate that these effects reflect a net increase in employment, rather than a shift from informal to formal jobs. We also document broader benefits on socioeconomic integration, including language proficiency and social networks with native Italians.
Subjects: 
job mentoring
labor market integration
asylum seekers
socioeconomic integration
JEL: 
J15
D04
C90
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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