Preferences and skills of Indian public sector teachers

IZA Journal of Labor & Development

Table 6 Characteristics and skills, OLS

Sample:	All		Standard students		Para-teachers
Rural	-.252	[.088]**	-.151	[.094]	-.535	[.303]
MSc Degree	.192	[.078]*	.071	[.109]	.219	[.104]*
Any children	-.160	[.082]	-.181	[.102]	-.104	[.138]
Any experience	.218	[.085]*	.220	[.087]*
Age	-.044	[.011]**	-.035	[.015]*	-.056	[.015]**
Quota/favoured groups:
Female	-.627	[.069]**	-.411	[.090]**	-.936	[.103]**
Para-teacher	-.477	[.099]**
SC/ST/OBC	-.420	[.071]**	-.551	[.086]**	-.293	[.143]*
District effects	Yes		Yes		Yes
Observations	627		392		236
R²	.34		.23		.42

Notes: Dependent variable: Normalised 1st principal component of skills. **,*: significant at the 1% and 5% levels respectively. SC/ST/OBC refers to a dummy for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe or Other Backward Caste.