TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Fagernäs, Sonja
AU  - Pelkonen, Panu
        TI  - Preferences and Skills of Indian Public Sector Teachers
        PY  - 2012/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6563
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp6563
        AB  - With a sample of 700 future public sector primary teachers in India, a Discrete Choice Experiment is used to measure job preferences, particularly regarding location. General skills are also tested. Urban origin teachers and women are more averse to remote locations than rural origin teachers and men respectively. The joint analysis of preferences and skills suggests that existing caste and gender quotas are detrimental for the objective of hiring skilled teachers willing to work in remote locations. The most preferred location is home, which supports decentralised hiring, although evidence suggests that in remote areas this could compromise skills.
        KW  - skills
KW  - job preferences
KW  - teacher recruitment
KW  - discrete choice experiment
KW  - hiring quotas
KW  - India
        ER  -