{{short description|British academic economist|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox economist | name = Imran Rasul | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|OBE|FBA}} | school_tradition = | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|7|29|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Oriana Bandiera | institution = University College London<br />Institute for Fiscal Studies<br />International Growth Centre<br />University of Chicago Graduate School of Business | field = Labour economics <br /> Development economics <br /> Public economics | alma_mater = London School of Economics<br />University of Oxford | doctoral_advisor = Timothy Besley | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | influences = | influenced = | contributions = | awards = Yrjö Jahnsson Award (2019) <br /> IZA Institute of Labor Economics Young Economist Prize (2010) | signature = <!-- file name only --> | repec_prefix = f | repec_id = pra365 }}
'''Imran Rasul''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE|FBA}} (born 29 July 1974) is a British Pakistani economist and academic.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/455568-imran-rasul-economist-who-stepped-down-from-the-eac-awarded-2019-yrj-jahnsson-prize|title=Pakistani economist honoured with prestigious award|website=The News International}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://academic.oup.com/jeea/pages/Editorial_Board|title=Imran Rasul|website=Journal of the European Economic Association|language=en-us|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ifs.org.uk/people/profile/196|title=Co-director CPP|website=Institute of Fiscal Studies|language=en-us|access-date=2019-01-21|archive-date=2017-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122050432/https://www.ifs.org.uk/people/profile/196|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.soc.html#authors|title=Economics rankings|website=RePEc Ideas|language=en-us|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Rasul was born on 29 July 1974 to parents of Pakistani descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/QY5tHkGiBnbclD905FdTpcVEjN4/appointments|title=Imran RASUL}}</ref><ref name="auto"/> He studied economics at the London School of Economics (LSE), graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSC) degree in 1995.<ref name="CV" /> He then undertook a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree at the University of Oxford, which he completed in 1997.<ref name="CV" /> 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".<ref name="CV">{{Cite web|url=http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~uctpimr/cv/Imran%20CV.pdf|title=Imran Rasul, CV|language=en-us|access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite thesis|title=Non-contractibilities in the household: Theory and evidence.|url=http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1856/|publisher=London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom)|date=2003|degree=phd|language=en|first=Imran|last=Rasul}}</ref>
==Career== In 2018, Rasul was part of the Economic Advisory Council formed by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1798271/imran-rasul-resigns-eac-protest-atif-mians-removal|title=Imran Rasul resigns from EAC in solidarity with Atif Mian|date=September 8, 2018|website=The Express Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1431705|title=More embarrassment for govt as second economist resigns from EAC over Atif Mian's exclusion|date=September 8, 2018|website=DAWN.COM}}</ref>
==Personal life== In 2005, Rasul married Oriana Bandiera, a fellow economist.<ref name="marry">{{Cite tweet |author=Imran Rasul |author-link=Imran Rasul |user=ImranRasul3 |number=1546148758408273921 |title=17 years and one day ago, I was lucky enough to marry @orianabandiera I learn from her every day. Todays lesson is apparently a Sicilian classic: freezing the hot water bottle. Perfect for a scorching day in the park in London. The future is bright.🙏🏽}}</ref> Together, they have two children.<ref name="WW 24">{{cite web |title=Bandiera, Prof. Oriana, (born 26 Aug. 1971), Professor of Economics, since 2009, and Director, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, since 2012, London School of Economics and Political Science |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U284758 |website=Who's Who 2024 |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=5 January 2024 |language=en |date=1 December 2023}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eeassoc.org/index.php?page=25|title=Yrjö Jahnsson Award|website=European Economic Association|language=en-us|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref>
Rasul was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 2019 and fellow of the Econometric Society in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/economics/news/2019/jul/professor-imran-rasul-named-fellow-british-academy|title=Rasul, Fellow of the British Academy|website=University College London|language=en-us|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Econometric Society Announces its 2020 Fellows {{!}} The Econometric Society|url=https://www.econometricsociety.org/content/econometric-society-announces-its-2020-fellows|access-date=2021-04-12|website=www.econometricsociety.org}}</ref>
He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to social sciences.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63135|supp=y|page=B14|date=10 October 2020}}</ref>
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