J. Giles - Other Documents

Journal Articles

• "Precautionary Behavior, Migrant Networks and Household Consumption Decisions: An Empirical Analysis Using Household Panel Data from Rural China," with Kyeongwon Yoo. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 89(3) (August 2007): 534-551. June 2006 Version.
• "Elderly Parent Health and the Migration Decision of Adult Children: Evidence from Rural China," with Ren Mu. Demography 44(2) (May 2007): 265-288. IZA Discussion Paper No. 2333.
• How Well Do Children Insure Parents Against Low Retirement Income? An Analysis Using Survey Data from Urban China, with Fang Cai and Xin Meng. Journal of Public Economics 90(12) (December 2006): 2229-2255.
• Is Life More Risky in the Open? Household Risk-Coping and the Opening of China’s Labor Markets, Journal of Development Economics, 81(1) (October 2006): 25-60.
• Reemployment of Dislocated Workers in Urban China: The Roles of Information and Incentives, with Albert Park and Fang Cai, Journal of Comparative Economics 34(3) (September 2006): 582-607.
• How has Economic Restructuring Affected China’s Urban Workers?, with Albert Park and Fang Cai. China Quarterly, 185 (March 2006): 61-95.
• The Evolution of Income Inequality in Rural China, with Dwayne Benjamin and Loren Brandt. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 53(4) (July 2005): 769-824. Additional materials:  English language documentation on NBS in-kind income valuation procedures [NBS-Inkind]. Original Chinese Langauage documentation [NBS-Inkind-Chinese].
• What is China’s True Unemployment Rate?, with Albert Park and Juwei Zhang. China Economic Review, 16(2) (June 2005): 149-170.
• Competition Under Credit Rationing: Theory and Evidence from Rural China, with Albert Park and Loren Brandt.   Journal of Development Economics 71(2) (August 2003): 463-495.
• "Leaving China's Farms: Survey Results of New Paths and Remaining Hurdles to Rural Migration," with Scott Rozelle, Guo Li, Minggao Shen and Amelia Hughart, China Quarterly 158 (June 1999): 367-393.

Chapters in Books

• "Income Inequality During China’s Economic Transition," with Dwayne Benjamin, Loren Brandt and Sangui Wang. China's Great Transformation, Loren Brandt and Thomas Rawski, editors. Cambridge University Press (in press) (July 2005 Version). 

Working Papers

• "Inequality and Growth in Rural China: Does Higher Inequality Impede Growth?" with Dwayne Benjamin and Loren Brandt. IZA Discussion Paper No. 2344.
• "Migrant Opportunity and the Educational Attainment of Youth in Rural China," with Alan de Brauw. IZA Discussion Paper No. 2326.
• "Chronic and Transient Poverty: Measurement and Estimation, with Evidence from China," with Jean-Yves Duclos and Abdelkrim Araar. IZA Discussion Paper No. 2078.