Working Papers
One Country, Two Systems: Evidence on Retirement Patterns in China, Giles, John T; Lei, Xiaoyan; Wang, Gewei; Wang, Yafeng; Zhao, Yaohui; Policy Research Working Paper 9650, May 2021.
Can Information Influence the Social Insurance Participation Decision of China's Rural Migrants? Giles, John; Meng, Xin; Xue, Sen; Zhao, Guochang. 2018. Policy Research Working Paper 8658, November 2018.
The Effect of Height on Earnings: Is Stature Just a Proxy for Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills ? (English), Bossavie, Laurent Loic Yves; Alderman, Harold H.; Giles, John; Mete, Cem; Policy Research Working Paper 8254, NOV 22, 2017.
Is Consanguinity an Impediment to Improving Human Development Outcomes? (English), Mete, Cem; Bossavie, Laurent Loic Yves; Giles, John; Alderman, Harold H., Policy Research Working Paper 8074, MAY 24, 2017
Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity and Rural to Urban Migration: Evidence from China (English), Giles, John; Mu, Ren, Policy Research Working Paper 7080, Nov 01, 2014
China's 2008 labor contract law: Implementation and implications for China's workers (English), Giles, John; Park, Albert; Wang, Meiyan; Gallagher, Mary, Policy Research Working Paper 6542, JUL 01, 2013
Expanding social insurance coverage in urban China (English) , Giles, John; Wang, Dewen; Park, Albert, Policy Research Working Paper 6497, JUN 01, 2013
Patterns and correlates of inter-generational non-time transfers: Evidence from CHARLS (English), Giles, John; Zhao, Yaohui; Park, Albert; Hu, Yuqing; Lei, Xiaoyan; Strauss, John, Policy Research Working Paper 6076, JUN 01, 2012
Does it pay to be a cadre ? Estimating the returns to being a local official in rural China (English), Zhang, Jian; Giles, John; Rozelle, Scott, Policy Research Working Paper 6082, JUN 01, 2012
Weathering a storm: Survey-based perspectives on employment in China in the aftermath of the global financial crisis (English), Giles, John; Cai, Fang; Du, Yang; Park, Albert, Policy Research Working Paper 5984, MAR 01, 2012
The labor supply and retirement behavior of China's older workers and elderly in comparative perspective (English), Giles, John; Wang, Dewen; Cai, Wei, Policy Research Working Paper 5853, OCT 01, 2011
Can China's rural elderly count on support from adult children ? implications of rural-to-urban migration (English), Giles, John; Wang, Dewen; Zhao, Changbao, Policy Research Working Paper 5510, DEC 01, 2010
Protecting child nutritional status in the aftermath of a financial crisis : evidence from Indonesia (English), Giles, John; Satriawan, Elan, Policy Research Working Paper 5471, NOV 01, 2010
Did higher inequality impede growth in rural China ? (English), Giles, John; Benjamin, Dwayne; Brandt, Loren, Policy Research Working Paper 5483, NOV 01, 2010
The impact of the global financial crisis on off-farm employment and earnings in rural China (English), Huang, Jikun; Giles, John; Zhi, Huayong; Rozelle, Scott; Huang, Zhurong, Policy Research Working Paper 5439, OCT 01, 2010
A control function approach to estimating dynamic probit models with endogenous regressors, with an application to the study of poverty persistence in China (English), Giles, John; Murtazashvili, Irina, Policy Research Working Paper 5400, AUG 01, 2010
The great proletarian cultural revolution, disruptions to education, and returns to schooling in urban China (English), Wang, Meiyan; Park, Albert; Giles, John, Policy Research Working Paper 4729, SEP 01, 2008
Migrant labor markets and the welfare of rural households in the developing world : evidence from China (English), Giles, John; de Brauw, Alan, Policy Research Working Paper 4585, APR 01, 2008
Migrant opportunity and the educational attainment of youth in rural China (English), Giles, John; de Brauw, Alan, Policy Research Working Paper 4526, FEB 01, 2008