Imran Rasul (born 29 July 1974) is a British Pakistani

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and academic. He is Professor of Economics at the

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of the Journal of the European Economic Association, and co-director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy at the

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. His research interests include labour,

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and

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and he is considered to be one of the leaders within social norms and capital economics.

Early life and education

Rasul was born on 29 July 1974 to parents of Pakistani descent. He studied economics at the

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(LSE), graduating with a

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(BSC) degree in 1995. He then undertook a

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(MPhil) degree at the

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, which he completed in 1997. He returned to LSE to under a

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(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".

Career

In 2018, Rasul was part of the Economic Advisory Council formed by Pakistani Prime Minister

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to provide assistance on issues of economics and finance but resigned in solidarity with Atif Mian who was asked to resign from the council due to his religious beliefs.

Personal life

In 2005, Rasul married Oriana Bandiera, a fellow economist. Together, they have two children.

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. Rasul was elected as a

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(FBA) in 2019 and fellow of the

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in 2020. He was appointed

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(OBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to social sciences.

References

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