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 7 Number of new apprenticeships by occupation (2013–2018)

	Number of apprenticeships by occupation
	2013		2014		2015		2016		2017		2018
State	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Schleswig–Holstein	81	170	83	172	82	169	87	174	84	170	84	165
Hamburg	61	124	61	123	62	126	62	123	61	120	62	120
Lower Saxony	205	453	211	460	204	445	204	440	211	445	206	439
Bremen	31	55	31	55	31	55	31	55	31	53	30	54
North Rhine-Westphalia	415	981	402	948	401	943	400	927	408	933	408	928
Hesse	140	317	140	312	138	308	135	301	141	303	141	308
Rhineland-Palatinate	104	225	105	228	103	217	104	218	100	214	102	212
Baden-Württemberg	259	598	258	592	264	597	262	588	267	591	271	593
Bavaria	321	755	319	745	321	745	316	735	326	748	331	759
Saarland	42	74	40	70	41	71	39	69	39	68	37	64
Berlin	74	161	72	152	71	148	70	146	70	142	72	143
Brandenburg	44	86	43	83	44	86	43	83	42	84	44	86
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	38	72	39	71	38	71	39	69	39	68	40	71
Saxony	68	134	69	136	69	134	71	135	75	141	75	143
Saxony-Anhalt	47	93	48	94	48	92	48	93	45	87	47	90
Thuringia	44	82	43	80	45	80	44	78	45	81	46	83

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