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Nico Pestel @npestel83.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I’m truly grateful for the collaborations, conversations, and support that made this journey so rewarding. Now, I’m really looking forward to everything that lies ahead in my new role!

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Nico Pestel @npestel83.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege to work with many inspiring colleagues, co-authors, and friends in academia, especially at @iza.org and @roamaastricht.bsky.social.

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Nico Pestel @npestel83.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Time for a new challenge. 🚀 After many rewarding years in economics, I’ve decided to take a new direction. As of today, I serve as Head of Division (Referatsleiter) at the State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia, the executive office of the Prime Minister of Germany’s largest federal state.

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Ingo E. Isphording @ingoisphording.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Yet, I am still extremely sad about IZA's main assets - the institute itself, its postdoc program, it's Berlin and Bonn campus, the guest program and the workshop series - being cancelled. It remains a big loss.

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Ingo E. Isphording @ingoisphording.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I am super happy about the IZA network and DP series having found a new home at @liser.lu . Having visited in the past, I think LISER is the kind of place IZA could (and should ) have been. I wish them all the best!

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Nico Pestel @npestel83.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Very much looking forward to our "Workshop on Climate and Environmental Economics: Applied and Behavioral Perspectives" next week at @iza.org in Bonn! Amazing papers and keynotes by Tamma Carleton & Robert Metcalfe! Program here: conference.iza.org/IZA_Climate_...

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Momentum Institut @momentum-institut.at · 24/04/2025

Oft wird behauptet, Umweltschutzvorschriften seien eine wirtschaftliche Belastung. Matthew Neidell und @npestel83.bsky.social zeigen im #PaperderWoche aber, dass solche Regulierungen die Produktivität sogar erhöhen. 1/

Titel und Abstract des Papers: Air pollution and worker productivity: Higher levels of air pollution reduce worker productivity even when air quality is generally low, IZA World of Labor, 2023.

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Andreas Peichl @apeichl.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Grundsicherung, aber wie? Ein neues Experiment belebt den Traum vom bedingungslosen Grundeinkommen. Doch es führt in die Irre, stattdessen braucht Deutschland endlich eine bedarfsorientierte Grundsicherung, die Arbeit nicht bestraft. Eine Anleitung zur Reparatur zeitung.faz.net/faz/wirtscha...

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Robert Metcalfe @rmetcalfe.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

We just released our paper using a field experiment to reveal indoor air pollution (IAP) in London: It’s worse than you think! 🧵with six main results👇 With @sjroth.bsky.social.

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Nico Pestel @npestel83.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

For context: www.deutsche-post-stiftung.org/media/202502...

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Nico Pestel @npestel83.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

As we learned yesterday, this ladder will be removed by the end of the year. This is incredibly sad and devastating news, for me personally, for the profession of labor economics, but first and foremost for all current IZA researchers and admin staff, for whom I feel terribly sorry. (4/4)

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Nico Pestel @npestel83.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

In my experience, IZA has always been a place that offers ladders in a proverbial sense by rendering assistance and support to those attempting to climb the shoulders of said giants to advance our knowledge for the benefit of society. (3/4)

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Nico Pestel @npestel83.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

During my time at IZA, I was not only able to climb the career ladder. You all may know the phrase that, as scientists, we stand on the shoulders of giants, i.e., we are “using the understanding gained by major thinkers who have gone before in order to make intellectual progress”. (2/4)

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Nico Pestel @npestel83.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I have spent more than 13 years of my career at @iza.org Bonn. I was able to climb the in-house career ladder quite a bit: I started as an intern, was then hired as a student helper, and offered an IZA PhD scholarship. Eventually, I became a Senior Research Associate and Team Leader. (1/4)

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Nico Pestel @npestel83.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

📣 Call for Papers: IZA Workshop on Climate and Environmental Economics: Applied and Behavioral Perspectives 📅 Submission deadline: 1 March, 2025 👉 conference.iza.org/IZA_Climate_...

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Nico Pestel @npestel83.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Nice summary of our new @iza.org DP where we document how exposure to air pollution reduces reservation wages reported by unemployed job seekers 👇🏭📉

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Nico Pestel @npestel83.bsky.social · 04/03/2024

Submission deadline approaching (9 March) 👇

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Nico Pestel @npestel83.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

🚨 Call for Papers: Maastricht Workshop on Applied Economics of the Environment #EconSky 📅16-17 May 2024 🗺️ Maastricht University, NL 🎓Keynote by: Antoine Dechezlepretre Olivier Deschenes & Juan Palacios & I are looking forward to your submissions: roa.nl/news/call-pa...

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Nico Pestel @npestel83.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

My fantastic former colleague @czimpelmann.bsky.social is on the #EconJobMarket! Please have a close look at his profile and especially his super interesting JMP on the importance of gender role attitudes on female labor supply after childbirth. Thread below👇🧵

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