%0 Report
        %A Fagernäs, Sonja
%A Pelkonen, Panu
        %T Where's the Teacher? How Teacher Workplace Segregation Impedes Teacher Allocation in India
        %D 2017
        %8 2017 Feb
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 10595
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp10595
        %X Social or ethnic segregation can impede the equitable allocation of public resources in developing countries. We study an under-explored dimension; the allocation of public sector teachers in India. Using a register database for 2006-12, we construct indicators for the equality of teacher allocation and workplace segregation of teachers by gender and caste within districts. While pupil-teacher ratios have improved, the equality of teacher allocation has not. We show that allocation and segregation are connected; in districts with a higher degree of initial teacher segregation, a lower share of schools met pupil-teacher norms imposed by the Right to Education Act (2009).
        %K teachers
%K public service delivery
%K segregation
%K caste
%K India
%K right to education