More trainees commuting outward than inward, despite good supply of apprentice-ships in Eastern Germany

Toughening competition for junior employees challenges rural regions

Coverbild: BWP 2/2014
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Ausgabe/Jahr (Jahrgang) 2/2014 (43)
Seite(n) 10-14
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    englisch

The drastic demographically-induced drop in demand for training places means that many regions in eastern Germany today have a school-leaver placement ratio far above the average for Germany as a whole. In the wake of this recovery, whilst the percentage of trainees commuting away has declined in many eastern German regions, the number of outward commuters still exceeds the number of inward commuters in most cases. The article high-lights which eastern German regions are especially affected by surpluses of trainees com-muting away from home.