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 Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7804
Shifting Taxes from Labor to Consumption: Efficient, but Regressive?
Nico Pestel, Eric Sommer
revised version published as 'Shifting Taxes from Labor to Consumption: More Employment and more Inequality?' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2017, 63 (3), 524-563
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7190
Partisan Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1979-2007
Olivier B. Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Herwig Immervoll, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch
revised version published as 'Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the United States, 1979–2007' in: Economic Inquiry, 2015, 53 (2), 1061-1085
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6585
Fiscal Union in Europe? Redistributive and Stabilising Effects of an EU Tax-Benefit System
Olivier B. Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Clemens Fuest, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch
revised version published as 'Fiscal Union in Europe? Redistributive and Stabilizing Effects of a European Tax-Benefit System and Fiscal Equalization Mechanism' in: Economic Policy, 2013, 28 (75), 375-422
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6170
Multidimensional Well-Being at the Top: Evidence for Germany
Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel
revised version published in: Fiscal Studies, 2013, 34 (3), 355-371
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5926
Multidimensional Affluence: Theory and Applications to Germany and the US
Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel
revised version published in: Applied Economics, 2013, 45 (32), 4591-4601
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5910
Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1978-2009: A Decomposition Approach
Olivier B. Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Herwig Immervoll, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch
elements published in "Connecting People with Jobs: Australia", https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264269637-en
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5520
The Politicians' Wage Gap: Insights from German Members of Parliament
Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch
revised version published in: Public Choice, 2013, 156(3-4), 653-676
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4825
Multidimensional Measurement of Richness: Theory and an Application to Germany
Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel
substantially revised version available as: IZA DP 5926
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4770
Does Size Matter? The Impact of Changes in Household Structure on Income Distribution in Germany
Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Hilmar Schneider
revised version published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2012, 58 (1), 118-141
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4197
Demografie und Ungleichheit: Der Einfluss von Veränderungen der Haushaltsstruktur auf die Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland
Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Hilmar Schneider
substantially revised version available as IZA Standpunkt No. 18, published in: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung / Journal for Labour Market Research, 2011, 43(4), 327-338
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