Seminar by Sonal Yadav (University of Liverpool)

Centre for Development Economics
Department of Economics
Delhi School of Economics

ANNOUNCE A SEMINAR

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Venue: AMEX

Abstract:-
The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act (2009) (RTE) of the Government of India prescribes student-teacher ratios for state-run schools. One method advocated by the Act to achieve its goals is the redeployment of teachers from surplus to deficit (in teacher strength) schools. We consider a model of teachers where teachers can either remain in their initially assigned schools or be transferred to a deficit school in their acceptable set. 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 whose post-transfer deficit vector Lorenz dominates all achievable post-transfer deficit vectors. We provide a two-stage algorithm to derive Lorenz- dominant post-transfer deficit vector, and show that this algorithm is strategy-proof for teachers.

All are cordially invited.

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