J. Giles - Other Publications

Journal Articles

• Does it pay to be a cadre? Estimating the returns to being a local official in rural China, with J. Zhang and S. Rozelled. Journal of Comparative Economics. 40(3) (August 2012): 337-356.
• Did higher inequality impede growth in rural China? with D. Benjamin and L. Brandt, Economic Journal 121(557) (December 2011): 1281–1309.
• The impact of the global financial crisis on off-farm employment and earnings in rural China, with J. Huang, H. Zhi, Z. Huang and S. Rozelle. World Development 39(5) (May 2011): 797-807.
• Can China's rural elderly count on support from adult children? Implications of rural-to-urban migration, with D. Wang and C. Zhao. Journal of Population Ageing 3(3-4) (March 2011): 183-204.
• Chronic and Transient Poverty: Measurement and Estimation, with Evidence from China, with J-Y. Duclos and A. Araar. Journal of Development Economics 91(2) (2010) 266-77.
• Precautionary Behavior, Migrant Networks and Household Consumption Decisions: An Empirical Analysis Using Household Panel Data from Rural China, with K. 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 R. 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 F. Cai and X. 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 A. Park and F. Cai, Journal of Comparative Economics 34(3) (September 2006): 582-607.
• How has Economic Restructuring Affected China’s Urban Workers?, with A. Park and F. Cai. China Quarterly, 185 (March 2006): 61-95.
• The Evolution of Income Inequality in Rural China, with D. Benjamin and L. 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 A. Park and J. Zhang. China Economic Review, 16(2) (June 2005): 149-170.
• Competition Under Credit Rationing: Theory and Evidence from Rural China, with A. Park and L. 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 S. Rozelle, G. Li, M. Shen and A. Hughart, China Quarterly 158 (June 1999): 367-393.

Books

• The Elderly and Old Age Support in Rural China. Directions in Development Series. with F. Cai, P.O’keefe, D.Wang  Washington, DC, The World Bank, March 2012. 
• New Insights into the Provision of Health Services in Indonesia: A Health Work Force Study with C. Rokx, J. Giles, et al., Washington, DC, The World Bank, 2010.

Chapters in Books

• "The Labor Supply and Retirement Behavior of China's Older Workers and Elderly in Comparative Perspective." with D. Wang and W. Cai. Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging Data Initiatives, J.P. Smith and M. Majmundar (eds.),  Washington, DC:  The National Academies Press. 2012.
• "Patterns and Correlates of Intergenerational Non-Time Transfers: Evidence from CHARLS." with X.Lei, Y Hu, A Park, J Strauss, and Y Zhao. Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging Data Initiatives, J. P. Smith and M. Majmundar (eds.), Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press. 2012.
• "Income Inequality During China’s Economic Transition," with D. Benjamin, L. Brandt and S. Wang. China's Great Transformation, L. Brandt and T. Rawski (eds.),  Cambridge University Press, 2008.  
  (July 2005 Version). 

Other Publications

• "Do Food Supplements Help Children in Times of Economic Crisis?" with E. Satriawan . From Evidence to Policy. Washington, DC, World Bank, 2011.
• "Inequality and Growth in Rural China: Does Higher Inequality Impede Growth?" with D. Benjamin and L. Brandt. IZA Discussion Paper No. 2344. 
• "Migrant Opportunity and the Educational Attainment of Youth in Rural China," with A. de Brauw. IZA Discussion Paper No. 2326. 
• "Chronic and Transient Poverty: Measurement and Estimation, with Evidence from China," with J-Y. Duclos and A. Araar. IZA Discussion Paper No. 2078.