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Table 2 DCE: Contract attributes, and their levels

From: Preferences and skills of Indian public sector teachers

Pay

Location

Contract

Transfers

Staff and pupils

Rs. 13000 per month

Remote village

Fixed term contract, renewable every 7 years.

Depend on connections and influence

2 teachers, 75 pupils

Rs. 17000 per month

Village / Small town

Permanent, must transfer every 7 years.

Depend on merit

2 teachers, 14 pupils

Rs. 21000 per month

Your home village / town

Permanent, possibility to transfer after 7 years.

  
 

District capital area

   
  1. Notes: 1 USD ~ 50 Rupees. The 2010 starting salary in Uttarakhand was 17–18.000 Rs per month ($340).