Imran Rasul

Imran Rasul OBE (born 1974) is a Professor of Economics at University College London, managing editor of the Journal of the European Economic Association, and co-director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.[1][2] His research interests include labour, development and public economics and he is considered to be one the leaders within social norms and capital economics.[3]

Imran Rasul
Born1974
Alma materLondon School of Economics, Oxford University
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity College London, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
ThesisNon-contractabilities in the Household - Theory and Evidence

After completing his masters at Oxford University in 1997 he continued his studies at the London School of Economics under the supervision of Professor Timothy Besley, achieving his doctorate in 2003.[4]

Awards and honours

In 2019 Rasul and Oriana Bandiera were jointly awarded the Yrjö Jahnsson Award in Economics. The award is given to a European economist that is no older than 45 years old and has made a contribution in theoretical and applied research that is significant to economies in Europe.[5]

Rasul was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 2019.[6]

In 2017 Rasul was awarded the IZA Institute of Labor Economics Young Economist Prize.

He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to social sciences.[7]

References
  1. "Imran Rasul". Journal of the European Economic Association. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  2. "Co-director CPP". Intitute of Fiscal Studies. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  3. "Economics rankings". RePEc Ideas. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  4. "Imran Rasul, CV" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  5. "Yrjö Jahnsson Award". European Economic Association. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  6. "Rasul, Fellow of the British Academy". University College London. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  7. "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B14.
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