Imran Rasul's Research Index

Imran Rasul

Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
University College London
Drayton House
30 Gordon Street
London WC1H OAX
United Kingdom

Telephone:   +44 (0)20 7679 5853 [UCL]
Telephone:   +44 (0)20 7291 4821 [IFS]
Fax:              +44 (0)20 7916 2775

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Publications

The Making of Modern America: Migratory Flows in the Age of Mass Migration, joint with Oriana Bandiera (LSE) and Martina Viarengo (Geneva), Journal of Development Economics, Volume 102, May 2013, pp 23-47.
Team Incentives: Evidence From a Firm Level Experiment, joint with Oriana Bandiera (LSE) and Iwan Baranakay (UPenn), forthcoming, Journal of the European Economic Association, December 2011.	Appendix
Field Experiments With Firms, joint with Oriana Bandiera (LSE) and Iwan Barankay (UPenn), Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 25, Number 3 (Summer 2011), pp 63–82.
Matched Fundraising: Evidence From a Natural Field Experiment, joint with Steffen Huck (UCL), Journal of Public Economics, Vol.95 Issues 5-6, June 2011: 351-62.
Heterogeneous Class Size Effects: New Evidence From a Panel of University Students, joint with Oriana Bandiera (LSE) and Valentino Larcinese (LSE), Economic Journal , December 2010, Vol. 120: 1365-98.
Transaction Costs in Charitable Giving: Evidence From Two Field Experiments, joint with Steffen Huck (UCL), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 10 : Iss. 1 (Advances), Article 31, 2010.
Social Incentives in the Workplace, joint with Oriana Bandiera (LSE) and Iwan Barankay (Warwick), Review of Economic Studies, April 2010, Vol. 77, Iss. 2, 417-59.
Family Networks and Schooling Outcomes: Evidence From a Randomized Social Experiment, joint with Manuela Angelucci (Arizona), Giacomo De Giorgi (Stanford), and Marcos A.Rangel (Chicago), Journal of Public Economics, April 2010, Vol. 94, Iss. 3-4: 197–221.
Intentions to Participate in Adolescent Training Programs: Evidence From Uganda, joint with Oriana Bandiera (LSE), Robin Burgess (LSE), Markus Goldstein (World Bank), Selim Gulesci (LSE), and Munshi Sulaiman (LSE/BRAC), Journal of the European Economic Association (Papers and Proceedings), April-May 2010, Iss. 8.2-3.
The Role of the Agent's Outside Options in Principal-Agent Relationships, joint with Silvia Sonderegger (Bristol), Games and Economic Behavior, March 2010, Vol. 68: 781-8.
Village Economies and the Structure of Extended Family Networks, joint with Manuela Angelucci (Arizona), Giacomo de Giorgi (Stanford), and Marcos A.Rangel (Chicago), The Berkeley Electronic Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Vol. 9 : Iss. 1 (Contributions), Article 44, October 2009.
Social Connections and Incentives in the Workplace: Evidence From Personnel Data, joint with Oriana Bandiera (LSE) and Iwan Barankay (Warwick), Econometrica, July 2009, 77: 1047-94.
Social Capital in the Workplace: Evidence on its Formation and Consequences, joint with Oriana Bandiera (LSE) and Iwan Barankay (Warwick), Labor Economics, September 2008, 15: 725-49.
Household Bargaining Over Fertility: Theory and Evidence From Malaysia, Journal of Development Economics, June 2008, 86: 215-41. [Lead article]
The Economics of the Marriage Contract: Theories and Evidence, joint with Niko Matouschek (Northwestern), Journal of Law and Economics, February 2008, 51: 59-110.
Incentives for Managers and Inequality Among Workers: Evidence From a Firm Level Experiment, joint with Oriana Bandiera (LSE) and Iwan Barankay (Warwick), Quarterly Journal of Economics. May 2007, 122: 729-75.	Longer version
Marriage Markets and Divorce Laws, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, November 2006, 22: 30-69.
Social Networks and Technology Adoption in Northern Mozambique, joint with Oriana Bandiera (LSE), Economic Journal, October 2006, 116: 862-902. [Lead article]
The Economics of Child Custody, Economica, February 2006, 73: 1-25. [Lead article]
The Evolution of Cooperative Norms: Evidence From a Natural Field Experiment, joint with Oriana Bandiera (LSE) and Iwan Barankay (Essex), Berkeley Electronic Journals in Economic Policy and Analysis: Advances (special issue on field experiments edited by John List), 2006, 6: 1-28. [Lead article]
Social Preferences and the Response to Incentives: Evidence From Personnel Data, joint with Oriana Bandiera (LSE) and Iwan Barankay (Essex), Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 2005, 120: 917-62.
Cooperation in Collective Action, joint with Oriana Bandiera (LSE) and Iwan Barankay (Essex), Economics of Transition, July 2005, 13: 473-98.

Book chapters

Field Experiments in Labor Economics, joint with John A.List, Chapter 2 in Handbook of Labor Economics Volume 4, edited by Orley Ashenfelter and David Card, Elsevier, 2011, pp104-228.
Extended Family Networks in Rural Mexico: A Descriptive Analysis, joint with Manuela Angelucci (Arizona), Giacomo De Giorgi (Stanford), and Marcos Rangel (Chicago), Institutional Microeconomics of Development, edited by Timothy Besley and Raji Jayaraman, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2010.

Working Papers

Management of Bureaucrats and Public Service Delivery: Evidence from the Nigerian Civil Service, joint with Daniel Rogger (UCL and IFS), May 2013.
Can Basic Entrepreneurship Transform the Economic Lives of the Poor?, joint with Oriana Bandiera (LSE), Robin Burgess (LSE), Narayan Das (BRAC), Selim Gulesci (Bocconi) and Munshi Sulaiman (BRAC), April 2013.
Livestock Asset Transfers With and Without Training: Evidence from Rwanda, joint with Jonathan Argent (IGC) and Britta Augsburg (IFS), April 2013.
Empowering Adolescent Girls: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Uganda, joint with Oriana Bandiera (LSE), Niklas Buehren (World Bank), Robin Burgess (LSE), Markus Goldstein (World Bank), Selim Gulesci (Bocconi), and Munshi Sulaiman (BRAC), December 2012.
Policing Cannabis and Drug Related Hospital Admissions: Evidence from Administrative Records, joint with Elaine Kelly (IFS), revisions requested, Journal of Public Economics. October 2012.
Comparing Charitable Fundraising Schemes: Evidence from a Field Experiment and a Structural Model, joint with Steffen Huck (UCL) and Andrew Shephard (UPenn), revisions requested, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, October 2012.
Resource Pooling Within Family Networks: Insurance and Investment, joint with Manuela Angelucci (Arizona) and Giacomo de Giorgi (Stanford), revisions requested, Journal of Political Economy, March 2012.
Reserve Price Effects in Auctions: Estimates from Multiple RD Designs, joint with Lars Nesheim (UCL) and Syngjoo Choi (UCL), revisions requested, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, June 2011.
Crime and the Depenalization of Cannabis Possession: Evidence from a Policing Experiment, joint with Jerome Adda (EUI) and Brendon McConnell (UCL), revisions requested, Journal of Political Economy, May 2011.

Policy/Consulting Papers

Reducing Risky Behaviours Through the Provision of Information, joint with Haroon Chowdry (IFS) and Elaine Kelly (IFS), CUBeC report for Department of Education, March 2013.
Behaviour Change and Energy Use: Is a “Nudge” Enough?, joint with David Hollywood (UCL), invited editorial, Carbon Management 3: 349-351, August 2012.
Tax and Benefit Policy: Insights from Behavioural Economics, joint with Andrew Leicester and Peter Levell, IFS Commentary C125, July 2012.
Behavioural Economics and Tax Reform, joint with Andrew Leicester and Peter Levell, IFS Observation, July 2012.
Understanding School Financial Decisions, joint with Rebecca Allen (IoE), Simon Burgess (Bristol) and Leigh McKenna (Bristol), Department for Education Research Report DFE-RR183, April 2012.
Punjab Economic Opportunities Program, Phase 1 Baseline Report for Livestock, joint with A.Q. Khan, S.Gulzar, D. Hollywood, H.Iqbal, and A.A.Lodhi, prepared for and presented to DfID Pakistan and the Livestock Department, Government of Punjab, Pakistan, December 2011.
Evidence on Behavioural Change, joint with Myra Mohnen (UCL), prepared for and presented to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, October/November 2010.
Decriminalizing Cannabis: The Impact on Crime, VoxEU Talk (based on joint work with Jerome Adda and Brendon McConnell), October 2010, Link to YouTube Video
The Impact of Class Size on the Performance of University Students, joint with Oriana Bandiera (LSE), and Valentino Larcinese (LSE), VoxEU, January 2010.
Benchmarking Government Social Safety Nets Spending, joint with Timothy Besley and Robin Burgess, Social Protection Discussion Paper Series 315, World Bank. August 2003.
Food Security in Zambezia Province, Mozambique: A Baseline Survey, joint with Jorge Gallego-Lizon, Movimondo Molisv Working Paper. 2001.