RT Journal Article T1 The apprenticeship contract: an evaluation T2 El contrato de formación y aprendizaje en España: una evaluación A1 Cueto Iglesias, Begoña A1 López-Rodríguez, Fermín K1 Jóvenes - Trabajo K1 Aprendizaje K1 Contratos de trabajo AB The apprenticeship contract is an instrument to fight against youth unemployment which has undergone several reforms since the crisis in 2008. Despite its changes, the empirical evidence on its effects on the employability of young people is very limited. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to evaluate this type of contract. For this purpose, data from the Continuous Sample of Working Lives are examined and Propensity Score Matching is used as method of analysis. Results show that this type of contract does not contribute to the improvement of youth employability when compared to temporary contracts. PB Instituto de Estudios Fiscales YR 2019 FD 2019-11 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32778 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32778 LA spa NO Cueto, B. y López-Rodríguez, F. "The apprenticeship contract: an evaluation". Hacienda Pública Española, 232(4), 15-39. https://doi.org/10.7866/hpe-rpe.19.4.1 NO Authors gratefully thank to the referees for the constructive comments and recommendations which definitely help to improve the quality of the paper. Begoña Cueto acknowledges funding by the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (ref: ECO2017–86402–C2–A–R). DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 20 ene 2026