Teacher redistribution in public schools by Sonal Yadav

Join us for another event in the Microeconomics Research Seminar Series, Autumn Term 2024.

Sonal Yadav, from the University of Liverpool Management School, will present their research on Teacher redistribution in public schools.

Abstract

The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act (2009) (RTE) of the Government of India prescribes teacher-student ratios for state-run schools. One method advocated by the Act to achieve its goals is the redeployment of teachers from surplus to deficit schools. We consider a model where teachers can either remain in their initially assigned schools or be transferred to a deficit school in their acceptable set. Transfers cannot turn a surplus school into a deficit school and a deficit school cannot be made a surplus school. The planner's objective is specified in terms of the post-transfer deficit vector that can be achieved. We show that there exists a transfer policy that generates a post-transfer deficit vector that Lorenz dominates all achievable post-transfer deficit vectors. We also show that the Lorenz-dominant post-transfer deficit vector can be achieved as the outcome of a strategy-proof mechanism.

This seminar will be held in the Economics Common Room on Monday 7 October 2024 at 4.00pm. This event is open to all levels of study and is also open to the public.

To register your place and gain access to the webinar, please contact the seminar organisers.

This event is part of the Microeconomics Research Seminar Series.