Employers' behavioural responses to the introduction of an apprenticeship levy in England: an ex ante assessment

An apprenticeship levy was introduced in England in 2017 to help the government meet its target of 3 million apprenticeships between 2015 and 2020. Training levies have been, until recently, something of an anathema in public policy circles in England with most having been abolished by the mid-1980s as the government moved towards creating a flexible, de-regulated labour market. So why would an apprenticeship levy now produce better results? In this paper, we analyse in-depth employer interviews carried out in 2016 to identify possible impacts of the levy on businesses' approaches to apprentic ... Show more

Authors: Gambin, Lynn; Hogarth, Terence

Published: Abingdon, England, Taylor and Francis, 2021

Resource type: Article

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