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Joseph Vecci is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Economics, Monash University. His research interest include development, economics of education and experimental economics. Specifically, he is conducting experiments to understand social status and leadership in developed and developing countries (including India). Joe has also worked as a consultant for the Solomon Island government examining the impact of its rural development programme.
Posts by Joseph Vecci
How leader identity impacts group coordination
In principle, leaders can facilitate group coordination towards a common goal but in diverse societies, their effectiveness may depend upon their social identity, and how citizens react to leader iden...
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Sonia Bhalotra
Irma Clots-Figueras
Lakshmi Iyer
Joseph Vecci
22 October, 2018
- Articles
Impact of Elite Capture on the Provision of Public Services
The Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project commonly called JEEViKA, is a community-driven poverty reduction programme with the key aim of improving the social and economic empowerment of the rural poor.
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Lata Gangadharan
Tarun Jain
Pushkar Maitra
Joseph Vecci
31 March, 2018
- IGC Research on India
Citizens' trust in local politicians and implications for good governance
The new state of Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh in June 2014, after a prolonged movement by the people of Telangana region for a separate state. Based on field experiments among citizens ...
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Lata Gangadharan
Tarun Jain
Pushkar Maitra
Joseph Vecci
10 June, 2015
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Women leaders and deceptive behaviour
Are women in leadership positions more dishonest than men? Based on an artefactual field experiment in rural Bihar, this column finds that women in leadership positions deceive more than men, especia...
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Lata Gangadharan
Tarun Jain
Pushkar Maitra
Joseph Vecci
29 January, 2015
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Impact of Elite Capture on the Provision of Public Services
This project studies the effectiveness of major Government programmes in JEEViKA (Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project) villages versus others to see whether the presence of self-help groups leads to impro...
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Lata Gangadharan
Tarun Jain
Pushkar Maitra
Joseph Vecci
01 December, 2014
- IGC Research on India