Robert Lerman on Apprenticeships

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🗓️ 6 July 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Economist Robert Lerman of the Urban Institute talks about apprenticeships with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Lerman argues that apprenticeships--a combination of work experience and classroom learning--have the potential to expand opportunities for young people who don't want to attend college.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:08.0	I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
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0:31.6	Today is June 1st, 2020, and I want to mention that we are recording this in the middle of
0:37.5	the pandemic.
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1:07.4	Now for today's guest, economist Robert Lerman of the Urban Institute and American University.
1:14.0	He's written widely on topics and labor economics.
1:16.2	Our topic for today is the young people in America struggling to find meaningful and productive
1:21.3	work and the potential for apprenticeships to make a difference in their lives.
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