The effect of business cycle expectations on the German apprenticeship market: estimating the impact of Covid-19

Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training

Table 6 Number of new apprenticeships by occupation (2007–2012)

	Number of apprenticeships by occupation
	2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012
State	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Schleswig–Holstein	94	193	92	189	90	181	86	182	87	180	86	178
Hamburg	68	134	68	135	63	124	67	134	63	131	63	127
Lower Saxony	226	481	219	476	209	453	215	472	227	499	216	470
Bremen	32	58	32	58	31	54	32	55	31	56	32	58
North Rhine-Westphalia	458	1075	436	991	412	957	426	1003	429	1017	420	996
Hesse	162	383	155	362	147	348	144	344	147	344	148	340
Rhineland-Palatinate	125	277	117	254	113	249	114	249	111	247	110	239
Baden-Württemberg	284	641	280	639	269	610	264	606	277	634	265	622
Bavaria	359	836	356	841	322	760	326	779	332	795	333	774
Saarland	47	90	45	85	45	85	43	80	44	78	43	80
Berlin	100	231	89	207	86	194	83	187	79	175	81	178
Brandenburg	77	166	69	145	60	127	56	117	49	101	46	94
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	76	164	65	132	51	101	47	90	42	78	41	75
Saxony	115	239	98	207	89	193	79	171	74	158	69	136
Saxony-Anhalt	81	164	74	148	62	125	57	115	52	106	51	98
Thuringia	73	142	66	129	56	108	51	100	46	88	46	85

Data sources: Vocational training statistics of the statistical offices of the federal and state governments