John Giles
John Giles is Lead Economist in the Development Research Group (Human Development Team). His current research interests include: the movement of laboujr from agricultural to non-agricultural employment, internal migration and its impacts on households and communities, poverty traps, household risk-coping and risk-management behavior, long-term effects of shocks to employment, school-to-work transitions, population aging and retirement decisions in developing countries, and women’s labour supply decisions in developing countries. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1999. 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 six years at Michigan State, where he was an Associate Professor before joining the World Bank.