Nico Pestel

@npestel83.bsky.social

Head of Division at the State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia Website: https://sites.google.com/view/pestelecon/

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.

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)

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

IZA@LISER@iza.org · 2y ago

New study by @npestel83.bsky.social & co-authors sheds light on the effects of air pollution on the unemployed. Increased exposure to fine particulate matter pollution lowers reservation wages: ⬇️Patience ⬇️Risk tolerance ⬇️Search intensity 👉 Reservation wages 📉 👇 newsroom.iza.org/en/archive/r...