Imran Rasul
@ImranRasul3
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Professor of Economics, University College London; Research Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies; Co-Director, Stone Centre at UCL Economics.
Highbury, London
Joined July 2016
NEW: New data show that official statistics have overcounted the number of self-employed workers in the UK for decades. @HelenMiller_IFS, @IsaacDelestre, Kate Smith and Bo Jacobs-Strom’s new report uses newly available data to fill the gap in the statistical record:
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I can also vouch for https://t.co/cugBzt3lsV. Used it recently. Comments went beyond typos, but also logical gaps/inconsistencies in arguments, and suggestions for clarifying the writing. Would use again. 🙏 @ben_golub & all the team @RefineInk for producing such an AI tool.
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Delighted that our @TheIFS research on Sure Start has been shortlisted for the @ONS Research Excellence Awards! Do check out our work (and the other amazing projects) and cast your vote in the People's Choice awards!
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Fabulous researchers, vibrant research environment, fancy & cozy workspace, Apply Now!! #EconTwitter A couple of pictures I took yesterday @TheIFS new office👇🏼🤩❤️
Last chance to apply! 📊 Applications to join IFS as a Research Economist close this weekend – find out more about the role and apply here by 11pm on Sunday 26 October: https://t.co/6GK8QQ4YW7
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The Royal Economic Society is deeply concerned by reports that an academic economist has been publicly harassed at a London university because they are Israeli. Read our full statement here: https://t.co/Z63W17PA2J
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Panic selling cost me a lot of money. Don’t make the same mistake with XRP. Learn from my story
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📣 Postdoctoral research fellow positions available 📣 📅 Deadline 21st November 📅 Apply here: https://t.co/HXCm7pIFyv The Stone Centre at @ucl: https://t.co/f1vI4aIohZ
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Please send us your papers - you might want to email me and Elliott about inquiring whether your paper is a good fit - this has proved useful in past Special Issues. I should notice we are on a roll at the @EJ_RES: We have one more Special Issue open (closes in two days):
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Explore the current open calls for papers (and the archive of previous calls) from The Economic Journal. Feel free to browse through and submit your paper to be
📢The Call for Papers for @EJ_RES special issue ‘AI Measurement in Applied Economics’ is now open. 🚨Deadline: 15 January 2026 📅 More info here👉 https://t.co/KfXqvBms96
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BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth” with one half to Mokyr
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The pledge not to increase the big 3 taxes - income tax, NICs or VAT - is well known. It's hard but possible to raise large sums without using the big 3 But less well known is that there are major challenges with increasing the next 4 biggest taxes…
NEW: Rachel Reeves needs a plan for a better tax system, not a half-baked dash for revenue. 📗 @StuartAdam_IFS, @IsaacDelestre and @HelenMiller_IFS’s new IFS Green Budget chapter examines the Chancellor’s options for tax increases: https://t.co/5CwV0QS29T
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👇🏽on my way and really looking forward to the event! Part of our efforts to spread BREAD events around the world - grateful to all our partners including @GLMLIC @CERPakistan and many others!
🔈The first two days of the G²LM|LIC/path2dev/BREAD Academic and Policy Conference on Development Economics 2025 form the academic core of the event. 🔗 Register here: https://t.co/HhIhoEGGgs 📅 September 11–13, 2025 | LUMS, Lahore #DevelopmentEconomics #Path2Dev #SouthAsia
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📢 Calling PhD students and others looking to level up your program design skills! Join the free, virtual BREAD–IGC Virtual PhD Course on Social Protection starting on 16 Sept, co-led by @rema_nadeem & @Ben_Olken. Learn from leading development economists, including several
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This virtual PhD-level course is designed to provide a comprehensive review of the economic questions relevant to social protection.
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📢 RES Summit 2025 - 2 Dec! The #Economics of the Justice System ⚖️ Sponsored by @NuffieldFound With panels led by @ImranRasul3 & Prof @DrStevenProud + speakers incl. Rocco d’Este @ProfHjalmarsson @Arpita_Ghosh_ @ProfEmilyOwens 👉 Register: https://t.co/58kllaviDl
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🚨 Press Release 🚨 The Royal Economic Society warns of a crisis in UK economic statistics — poor data quality is undermining evidence-based policymaking. 📖 Read more: https://t.co/bvJdnFD1KE
#Economics #UK #RES #News
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Travelling back home from @econometricsoc society world congress in Seoul. A super week - with 2500 presentations from economists from 60 countries. Research without boundaries. Thanks to the program committee and local organisers for such a memorable week.
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Dr Michela Tincani (@MichelaTincani) explores the unseen power of early decision-making in higher education. https://t.co/u3AXoIfqzH
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Dr Michela Tincani explores the unseen power of early decision-making in higher education, by Maddy Breen
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🚨 The July 2025 #RESNewsletter is out now! Inside: 📝 Letter from President @ImranRasul3 📊 RES Conference recap 🇩🇪 Farewell from Michael Burda 👤 Profile: Sir Christopher Pissarides 📚 & more! 🔗 #RESMembers can read here: https://t.co/yMvDadOJrb
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Registrations for the @RoyalEconSoc Annual Public Lecture 2025 are now open! Aimed primarily at sixth form students, the APL provides an opportunity to watch internationally renowned economists present their research. Register here: https://t.co/GvolDaiVcM
#econstudent #lecture
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