Maastricht University, the Netherlands
IZA World of Labor role
Author, Topic spokesperson
Expertise
Labor supply, Air pollution and human capital, Marriage markets, Political economy, Inequality, Income taxation
Country
Germany
门外语es
German - Native speaker, Dutch - Native speaker, English - Non-native speaker
Media experience
Print, Digital, Television, Radio
pestel@iza.org
Phone
49 2283894160
Current position
Associate Professor, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA), Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Website
Positions/functions as a policy advisor
Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Federal Environment Agency, Germany
Past positions
Senior Research Associate and Team Leader, IZA, Germany
Qualifications
PhD Economics, University of Cologne, 2013
Selected publications
"Minority salience and political extremism." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 13:3 (2021) 237–271 (with T. Colussi and I. Isphording).
"Does re-opening schools contribute to the spread of SARS-CoV-2? Evidence from staggered summer breaks in Germany." Journal of Public Economics 198 (2021) (with I. Isphording and M. Lipfert).
"Health effects of low emission zones: Evidence from German hospitals." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 109 (2021) (with F.Wozny).
"Pandemic meets pollution: Poor air quality increases deaths by COVID-19." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 108 (2021) (with I. Isphording).
"Productivity effects of air pollution: Evidence from professional soccer." Labour Economics 48 (2017): 54–66 (with A. Lichter and E. Sommer).
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Employment effects of green energy policiesUpdated
Does a switch in energy policy toward more renewable sources create or destroy jobs in an industrial country?
Nico Pestel, December 2019许多工业国家在追求所谓的green energy policies, which typically imply the replacement of conventional fossil fuel power plants with renewable sources. Such a policy shift may affect employment in different ways. On the one hand, it could create new and additional “green jobs” in the renewables sector; on the other hand, it could crowd out employment in other sectors. An additional consideration is the potential increase in energy prices, which has the potential to stifle labor demand in energy-intensive sectors and reduce the purchasing power of private households.MoreLess