Nico Pestel

Research Fellow and Associated Member

State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia

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Dr. Nico Pestel is Head of Division at the State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia, the executive office of the Prime Minister of Germany’s largest federal state. Before moving into public policy, Nico was an Associate Professor at the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Prior to that, he spent several years at IZA in Bonn, where he served in multiple roles, including Head of the research team Policy Challenges and Coordinator of the network program area "Environment, Health, and Labor Markets". Nico earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Cologne in 2013. His research focuses on applied labor economics, environmental and public economics, as well as political economy.

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IZA-Publikationen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18176
The Immediate and Lasting Effects of Heat Waves On Workers
Hannah Klauber, Nicolas Koch, Nico Pestel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17436
Long-Term Employment Effects of the Minimum Wage in Germany: New Data and Estimators
Marco Caliendo, Nico Pestel, Rebecca Olthaus
published in: Labour Economics, 2025, 92, 102648
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17344
Polluted Job Search: The Impact of Poor Air Quality on Reservation Wages
Mariët Bogaard, Steffen Künn, Juan Palacios, Nico Pestel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14885
Why Do Relatively Few Economists Work on Climate Change? A Survey
Nico Pestel, Andrew J. Oswald
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14844
Schools under Mandatory Testing Can Mitigate the Spread of SARS-CoV-2
Ingo E. Isphording, marc diederichs, Reyn van Ewijk, Nico Pestel
revised version published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119 (26), e2201724119
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14718
Air Pollution Affects Decision-Making: Evidence from the Ballot Box
Luna Bellani, Stefano Ceolotto, Benjamin Elsner, Nico Pestel
published as 'The Political Fallout of Air Pollution' in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024, 121(18), e2314428121
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14376
Killing Prescriptions Softly: Low Emission Zones and Child Health from Birth to School
Hannah Klauber, Felix Holub, Nicolas Koch, Nico Pestel, Nolan Ritter, Alexander Rohlf
revised version published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024, 16 (2), 220-248
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14180
Job Search during a Pandemic Recession: Survey Evidence from the Netherlands
Maria Balgova, Simon Trenkle, Christian Zimpelmann, Nico Pestel
published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 75, 102142
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13790
School Re-Openings after Summer Breaks in Germany Did Not Increase SARS-CoV-2 Cases
Ingo E. Isphording, Marc Lipfert, Nico Pestel
revised version published as 'Does re-opening schools contribute to the spread of SARS2? Evidence from staggered summer breaks in Germany' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 198, 104426
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13418
Pandemic Meets Pollution: Poor Air Quality Increases Deaths by COVID-19
Ingo E. Isphording, Nico Pestel
revised version published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2021, 108, 102448
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