John Giles
Lead Economist at The World Bank
- Role
- Lead Economist at The World Bank Group
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John Giles
JOHN GILES is a Lead Economist in the Development Research Group (Human Development and Public Services Team) at the World Bank. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley in Prior to joining the World Bank in May 2007, he spent two years as an Academy Scholar at Harvard University\'s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and was an Associate Professor of Economics at Michigan State University. His current research interests include: the movement of labor from agricultural to non-agricultural employment, internal migration and its impacts on households and communities, poverty traps, household risk-coping and risk-management behavior, population aging and retirement decisions in developing countries, and women\'s labor supply decisions in developing countries.
Experience
Lead Economist
Mar 2016 — Present
Education
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
MA
1989 — 1991
Stanford University
BS, BA
1982 — 1987
University of California, Berkeley
PhD
1992 — 1999
Skills
- Econometrics
- International Development
- Stata
- Labor Economics
- Public Policy
- Economic Development
- Research
- Data Analysis
- Statistics
- Economic Policy
- Program Evaluation
- International Economics
- Population and Demographic Economics
- Development Economics
- Economics
- Policy Analysis
- Economic Research
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