Figure 1From: The influence of demographic factors on the supply of company training places in Germany School graduates, new training contracts and supply of apprenticeship places, 1970–2011 a) . a)Data prior to 1990: Former territory of the Federal Republic; after 1990: West Germany without Berlin. Source “Graduates from schools of general education”: Statistical publications of the KMK: “Schüler, Klassen, Lehrer und Absolventen der Schulen”, various years Source “New training contracts”: Survey of the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) “Training contracts newly concluded by 30 September”.Back to article page