Imran Rasul
Imran Rasul | |
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| Born | 29 July 1974 |
| Nationality | British |
| Academic career | |
| Institution | University College London Institute for Fiscal Studies International Growth Centre University of Chicago Graduate School of Business |
| Field | Labour economics Development economics Public economics |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics University of Oxford |
| Doctoral advisor | Timothy Besley |
| Awards | Yrjö Jahnsson Award (2019) IZA Institute of Labor Economics Young Economist Prize (2010) |
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Imran Rasul OBE FBA (born 29 July 1974) is a British economist and academic. He is Professor of Economics at the 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 of the leaders within social norms and capital economics.[3]
Early life and education
Rasul studied economics at the London School of Economics (LSE), graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSC) degree in 1995.[4] He then undertook a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree at the University of Oxford, which he completed in 1997.[4] He returned to LSE to under a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree under the supervision of Professor Timothy Besley; he was awarded his doctorate in 2003 with a thesis entitled "Non-contractibilities in the household: Theory and evidence".[4][5]
Awards and honours
In 2007 Rasul was awarded the IZA Institute of Labor Economics Young Economist Prize.
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.[6]
Rasul was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 2019 and fellow of the Econometric Society in 2020.[7][8]
He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to social sciences.[9]
References
- ^ "Imran Rasul". Journal of the European Economic Association. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
- ^ "Co-director CPP". Institute of Fiscal Studies. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
- ^ "Economics rankings". RePEc Ideas. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
- ^ a b c "Imran Rasul, CV" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- ^ Rasul, Imran (2003). Non-contractibilities in the household: Theory and evidence (phd thesis). London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom).
- ^ "Yrjö Jahnsson Award". European Economic Association. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
- ^ "Rasul, Fellow of the British Academy". University College London. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
- ^ "The Econometric Society Announces its 2020 Fellows | The Econometric Society". www.econometricsociety.org. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
- ^ "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B14.
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