Some employers were reluctant to hire new apprentices during pandemic economic uncertainty, but no mass cancellations of apprenticeships were reported¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Employer reluctance to hire new apprentices occurred during pandemic economic uncertainty, yet state administrators interviewed reported no mass cancellations of apprenticeships. → Ryan Ruggiero 2023

Evidence¶

Ryan Ruggiero 2023¶

Ryan Ruggiero, Andrew Krantz. (2023). How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected State Apprenticeship Systems: Takeaways from Eight States. Mathematica and The Urban Institute. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/how-the-covid-19-pandemic-affected-state-apprenticeship-systems-takeaways-from-eight-states

q2 · i? · qualitative · r?

Finding from interviews with state administrators in the eight-state study. Some employers were "reluctant to hire new apprentices," but administrators reported "no mass cancellations of apprenticeships."

"Some employers were reluctant to hire new apprentices during the economic uncertainty of the pandemic, but no mass cancellations of apprenticeships were reported by the state administrators interviewed for the study."

Discussion¶

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