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John Giles

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Terminal Degree:1999 Department of Economics; University of California-Berkeley (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

(95%) Economics Research
World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/unit/unit-dec
RePEc:edi:dvewbus (more details at EDIRC)

(5%) Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany
http://www.iza.org/
RePEc:edi:izaaade (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Balavac-Orlic,Merima & Giles,John T. & Hari,Siddharth & Ovadiya,Mirey, 2024. "Private Provisioning of Employment Services : Experimental Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10826, The World Bank.
  2. Giles,John T. & Mu,Ren, 2024. "Migration, Growth, and Poverty Reduction in Rural China : Retrospect and Prospects," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10784, The World Bank.
  3. Giles, John T. & Meng, Xin & Xue, Sen & Zhao, Guochang, 2021. "Can Information Influence the Social Insurance Participation Decision of China's Rural Migrants?," IZA Discussion Papers 14093, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  4. Giles, John T. & Lei, Xiaoyan & Wang, Gewei & Wang, Yafeng & Zhao, Yaohui, 2021. "One Country, Two Systems: Evidence on Retirement Patterns in China," IZA Discussion Papers 14725, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  5. Mete, Cem & Bossavie, Laurent & Giles, John T. & Alderman, Harold, 2019. "Is Consanguinity an Impediment to Child Development Outcomes?," IZA Discussion Papers 12665, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  6. Bossavie,Laurent Loic Yves & Alderman,Harold H. & Giles,John T. & Mete,Cem, 2017. "The effect of height on earnings : is stature just a proxy for cognitive and non-cognitive skills ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8254, The World Bank.
  7. Mete,Cem & Bossavie,Laurent Loic Yves & Giles,John T. & Alderman,Harold H., 2017. "Is consanguinity an impediment to improving human development outcomes ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8074, The World Bank.
  8. John Giles & Abdelkrim Araar & Jean-Yves Duclos, 2016. "Chronic and Transient Poverty: Measurement and Estimation, with Evidence from China," Working Papers id:11242, eSocialSciences.
  9. Albert Park & John Giles & Meiyan Wang, 2015. "The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Disruptions to Education, and the Returns to Schooling in Urban China," HKUST IEMS Working Paper Series 2015-21, HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies, revised Mar 2015.
  10. Giles, John T. & Mu, Ren, 2014. "Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity, and the Rural to Urban Migration Decision: Evidence from China," IZA Discussion Papers 8630, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  11. Giles, John T. & Satriawan, Elan, 2014. "Protecting Child Nutritional Status in the Aftermath of a Financial Crisis: Evidence from Indonesia," IZA Discussion Papers 8721, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  12. Deininger, Klaus W. & Giles, John & Jin, Songqing & Wang, Hui, 2013. "Was China’S Rate Of Poverty Reduction Even Faster Than Routinely Assumed? Accounting For The Effects Of Migration," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 149700, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  13. Gallagher, Mary & Giles, John T. & Park, Albert & Wang, Meiyan, 2013. "China's 2008 Labor Contract Law: Implementation and Implications for China's Workers," IZA Discussion Papers 7555, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  14. Giles, John & Wang, Dewen & Park, Albert, 2013. "Expanding social insurance coverage in urban China," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6497, The World Bank.
  15. Giles, John T. & Murtazashvili, Irina, 2012. "A Control Function Approach to Estimating Dynamic Probit Models with Endogenous Regressors, with an Application to the Study of Poverty Persistence in China," IZA Discussion Papers 6887, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  16. Lei, Xiaoyan & Giles, John & Hu, Yuqing & Park, Albert & Strauss, John & Zhao, Yaohui, 2012. "Patterns and correlates of intergenerational non-time transfers : evidence from CHARLS," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6076, The World Bank.
  17. Giles, John & Park, Albert & Cai, Fang & Du, Yang, 2012. "Weathering a storm : survey-based perspectives on employment in China in the aftermath of the global financial crisis," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5984, The World Bank.
  18. Zhang, Jian & Giles, John T. & Rozelle, Scott, 2012. "Does It Pay to Be a Cadre? Estimating the Returns to Being a Local Official in Rural China," IZA Discussion Papers 6653, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  19. Giles, John T. & Wang, Dewen & Cai, Wei, 2011. "The Labor Supply and Retirement Behavior of China's Older Workers and Elderly in Comparative Perspective," IZA Discussion Papers 6088, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  20. Huang, Jikun & Zhi, Huayong & Huang, Zhurong & Rozelle, Scott & Giles, John, 2010. "The impact of the global financial crisis on off-farm employment and earnings in rural China," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5439, The World Bank.
  21. Benjamin, Dwayne & Brandt, Loren & Giles, John, 2010. "Did higher inequality impede growth in rural China ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5483, The World Bank.
  22. Giles, John & Wang, Dewen & Zhao, Changbao, 2010. "Can China's rural elderly count on support from adult children ? implications of rural-to-urban migration," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5510, The World Bank.
  23. de Brauw, Alan & Giles, John, 2008. "Migrant Labor Markets and the Welfare of Rural Households in the Developing World: Evidence from China," 2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida 6085, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
  24. John Giles, 2008. "Economic Restructuring and Retirement in Urban China," Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College wp2008-24, Center for Retirement Research.
  25. Sangui Wang & Dwayne Benjamin & Loren Brandt & John Giles & Yingxing Li & Yun Li, 2007. "Inequality and Poverty in China during Reform," Working Papers PMMA 2007-07, PEP-PMMA.
  26. Giles, John T. & Mu, Ren, 2006. "Elder Parent Health and the Migration Decision of Adult Children: Evidence from Rural China," IZA Discussion Papers 2333, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  27. Benjamin, Dwayne & Brandt, Loren & Giles, John T., 2006. "Inequality and Growth in Rural China: Does Higher Inequality Impede Growth?," IZA Discussion Papers 2344, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  28. de Brauw, Alan & Giles, John T., 2006. "Migrant Opportunity and the Educational Attainment of Youth in Rural China," IZA Discussion Papers 2326, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  29. Dwayne Benjamin & Loren Brandt & John Giles & Sangui Wang, 2005. "Income Inequality During China's Economic Transition," Working Papers tecipa-238, University of Toronto, Department of Economics.
  30. Dwayne Benjamin & Loren Brandt & John Giles, 2003. "The Evolution of Income Inequality in Rural China," Working Papers benjamin-04-01, University of Toronto, Department of Economics.
  31. John Giles & Albert Park & Fang Cai, 2003. "How has Economic Restructuring Affected China???s Urban Workers?," William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series 2003-628, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan.
  32. John Giles, 2000. "Is Life More Risky in the Open? Household Risk-Coping and the Opening of China's Labor Markets," William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series 314, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan.
  33. Albert Park & Loren Brandt & John Giles, 1997. "Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: The Changing Role of Rural Financial Institutions in China," William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series 71, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan.

Articles

  1. Giles, John & Lei, Xiaoyan & Wang, Gewei & Wang, Yafeng & Zhao, Yaohui, 2023. "One country, two systems: evidence on retirement patterns in China," Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Cambridge University Press, vol. 22(2), pages 188-210, April.
  2. Giles, John & Meng, Xin & Xue, Sen & Zhao, Guochang, 2021. "Can information influence the social insurance participation decision of China's rural migrants?," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 150(C).
  3. Bossavie, Laurent & Alderman, Harold & Giles, John & Mete, Cem, 2021. "The effect of height on earnings: Is stature just a proxy for cognitive and non-cognitive skills?," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 43(C).
  4. John Giles & Yang Huang, 2020. "Migration and human capital accumulation in China," IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), pages 476-476, May.
  5. Cem Mete & Laurent Bossavie & John Giles & Harold Alderman, 2020. "Is consanguinity an impediment to child development?," Population Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 74(2), pages 139-159, June.
  6. John Giles & Albert Park & Meiyan Wang, 2019. "The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Disruptions to Education, and the Returns to Schooling in Urban China," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 68(1), pages 131-164.
  7. Alan de Brauw & John Giles, 2018. "Migrant Labor Markets and the Welfare of Rural Households in the Developing World: Evidence from China," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 32(1), pages 1-18.
  8. John Giles & Ren Mu, 2018. "Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity, and the Rural to Urban Migration Decision: Evidence from China," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 100(2), pages 521-544.
  9. Xinxin Chen & John Giles & Yafeng Wang & Yaohui Zhao, 2018. "Gender Patterns of Eldercare in China," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(2), pages 54-76, April.
  10. Alan de Brauw & John Giles, 2017. "Migrant Opportunity and the Educational Attainment of Youth in Rural China," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 52(1), pages 272-311.
  11. Giles, John & Satriawan, Elan, 2015. "Protecting child nutritional status in the aftermath of a financial crisis: Evidence from Indonesia," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 114(C), pages 97-106.
  12. Giles John & Murtazashvili Irina, 2013. "A Control Function Approach to Estimating Dynamic Probit Models with Endogenous Regressorsa," Journal of Econometric Methods, De Gruyter, vol. 2(1), pages 69-87, July.
  13. Zhang, Jian & Giles, John & Rozelle, Scott, 2012. "Does it pay to be a cadre? Estimating the returns to being a local official in rural China," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 40(3), pages 337-356.
  14. Huang, Jikun & Zhi, Huayong & Huang, Zhurong & Rozelle, Scott & Giles, John, 2011. "The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Off-farm Employment and Earnings in Rural China," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 39(5), pages 797-807, May.
  15. Dwayne Benjamin & Loren Brandt & John Giles, 2011. "Did Higher Inequality Impede Growth in Rural China?," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 121(557), pages 1281-1309, December.
  16. Duclos, Jean-Yves & Araar, Abdelkrim & Giles, John, 2010. "Chronic and transient poverty: Measurement and estimation, with evidence from China," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 91(2), pages 266-277, March.
  17. John Giles & Kyeongwon Yoo, 2007. "Precautionary Behavior, Migrant Networks, and Household Consumption Decisions: An Empirical Analysis Using Household Panel Data from Rural China," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 89(3), pages 534-551, August.
  18. John Giles & Ren Mu, 2007. "Elderly parent health and the migration decisions of adult children: Evidence from rural China," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 44(2), pages 265-288, May.
  19. Giles, John, 2006. "Is life more risky in the open? Household risk-coping and the opening of China's labor markets," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 81(1), pages 25-60, October.
  20. Cai, Fang & Giles, John & Meng, Xin, 2006. "How well do children insure parents against low retirement income? An analysis using survey data from urban China," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 90(12), pages 2229-2255, December.
  21. Giles, John & Park, Albert & Cai, Fang, 2006. "Reemployment of dislocated workers in urban China: The roles of information and incentives," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 34(3), pages 582-607, September.
  22. Benjamin, Dwayne & Brandt, Loren & Giles, John, 2005. "The Evolution of Income Inequality in Rural China," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 53(4), pages 769-824, July.
  23. Giles, John & Park, Albert & Zhang, Juwei, 2005. "What is China's true unemployment rate?," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 16(2), pages 149-170.
  24. Park, Albert & Brandt, Loren & Giles, John, 2003. "Competition under credit rationing: theory and evidence from rural China," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 71(2), pages 463-495, August.

Chapters

  1. John Giles & Dewen Wang & Albert Park, 2013. "Expanding Social Insurance Coverage in Urban China," Research in Labor Economics, in: Labor Market Issues in China, pages 123-179, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Books

  1. Fang Cai & John Giles & Philip O'Keefe & Dewen Wang, 2012. "The Elderly and Old Age Support in Rural China : Challenges and Prospects," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 2249.
  2. Claudia Rokx & John Giles & Elan Satriawan & Puti Marzoeki & Pandu Harimurti & Elif Yavuz, 2010. "New Insights into the Provision of Health Services in Indonesia : A Health Workforce Study," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 2434.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 42 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-TRA: Transition Economics (33) 2004-02-15 2004-04-18 2004-05-09 2006-04-22 2006-05-13 2006-07-02 2006-07-02 2006-10-07 2006-10-28 2006-10-28 2007-04-09 2008-09-13 2008-10-07 2008-11-18 2010-08-21 2010-10-16 2010-11-27 2011-01-16 2011-11-01 2011-11-21 2012-03-21 2012-06-13 2012-06-25 2012-07-01 2013-06-24 2013-07-05 2013-07-28 2013-09-06 2014-12-03 2014-12-24 2015-04-02 2015-05-02 2021-02-22. Author is listed
  2. NEP-CNA: China (31) 2006-04-22 2006-05-13 2006-07-02 2006-07-02 2006-10-07 2006-10-28 2006-10-28 2007-04-09 2008-03-01 2008-09-13 2008-10-07 2008-11-18 2009-03-28 2010-08-21 2010-10-16 2010-11-27 2011-01-16 2011-11-01 2011-11-21 2012-03-21 2012-06-13 2012-10-13 2013-07-05 2013-07-28 2013-09-06 2014-12-03 2014-12-24 2015-04-02 2021-02-22 2021-12-06 2022-11-14. Author is listed
  3. NEP-DEV: Development (22) 2004-05-09 2004-06-07 2006-04-22 2006-07-02 2006-07-02 2006-10-07 2006-10-28 2006-10-28 2007-04-09 2008-03-01 2008-09-13 2008-10-07 2009-03-28 2010-11-20 2010-11-27 2011-01-16 2011-11-21 2012-06-25 2012-07-01 2013-07-05 2013-07-28 2015-01-14. Author is listed
  4. NEP-SEA: South East Asia (15) 2001-10-01 2002-04-03 2004-02-15 2004-05-09 2006-04-22 2006-05-13 2006-07-02 2006-07-02 2006-10-07 2006-10-28 2006-10-28 2010-11-20 2011-11-01 2011-11-21 2015-01-14. Author is listed
  5. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (14) 2004-04-18 2006-10-07 2008-03-01 2008-10-07 2008-11-18 2009-03-28 2010-10-16 2011-11-01 2011-11-21 2012-03-21 2012-07-01 2013-07-28 2013-09-06 2021-02-22. Author is listed
  6. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (11) 2008-03-01 2008-09-13 2008-11-18 2010-08-21 2011-01-16 2013-06-24 2013-07-28 2013-09-06 2014-12-03 2014-12-24 2021-02-22. Author is listed
  7. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (7) 2006-07-02 2006-10-28 2006-10-28 2010-10-16 2012-07-01 2014-12-03 2014-12-24. Author is listed
  8. NEP-AGE: Economics of Ageing (6) 2011-01-16 2011-11-01 2011-11-21 2012-06-13 2021-12-06 2022-11-14. Author is listed
  9. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (5) 2006-10-28 2010-11-20 2021-02-22 2021-12-06 2022-11-14. Author is listed
  10. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (5) 2011-11-01 2011-11-21 2013-07-28 2015-04-02 2021-12-06. Author is listed
  11. NEP-EDU: Education (4) 2006-10-07 2008-03-01 2008-10-07 2015-04-02
  12. NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (3) 2011-11-01 2012-06-13 2013-07-05
  13. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (3) 2006-10-07 2008-03-01 2008-10-07
  14. NEP-IAS: Insurance Economics (3) 2013-07-05 2013-09-06 2021-02-22
  15. NEP-IUE: Informal and Underground Economics (3) 2011-11-01 2013-07-28 2013-09-06
  16. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (2) 2012-07-01 2021-02-22
  17. NEP-CTA: Contract Theory and Applications (1) 2021-02-22
  18. NEP-CWA: Central and Western Asia (1) 2010-11-27
  19. NEP-ECM: Econometrics (1) 2010-08-21
  20. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (1) 2013-07-05
  21. NEP-LTV: Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty (1) 2006-05-13
  22. NEP-MFD: Microfinance (1) 2002-04-03
  23. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (1) 2004-02-15
  24. NEP-SOC: Social Norms and Social Capital (1) 2008-11-18

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