| A big fish in a small pond: Ability rank and human capital investment B Elsner, IE Isphording Journal of Labor Economics 35 (3), 787-828, 2017 | 266 | 2017 |
| The Costs of Babylon -- Linguistic Distance in Applied Economics IE Isphording, S Otten Ruhr Economic Paper No. 337, 2013 | 216 | 2013 |
| Linguistic barriers in the destination language acquisition of immigrants IE Isphording, S Otten Journal of economic Behavior & organization 105, 30-50, 2014 | 169 | 2014 |
| What drives the language proficiency of immigrants? IE Isphording IZA World of Labor, 2015 | 122 | 2015 |
| Pandemic meets pollution: poor air quality increases deaths by COVID-19 IE Isphording, N Pestel Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 108, 102448, 2021 | 116 | 2021 |
| Achievement rank affects performance and major choices in college B Elsner, IE Isphording, U Zölitz The Economic Journal 131 (640), 3182-3206, 2021 | 96 | 2021 |
| Rank, sex, drugs, and crime B Elsner, IE Isphording Journal of Human Resources 53 (2), 356-381, 2018 | 80 | 2018 |
| Linguistic Distance and the Language Fluency of Immigrants I Isphording, S Otten Ruhr Economic Paper No. 274, 2011 | 80 | 2011 |
| Minority salience and political extremism T Colussi, IE Isphording, N Pestel American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 13 (3), 237-271, 2021 | 73 | 2021 |
| Language barriers and immigrant health A Clarke, IE Isphording Health economics 26 (6), 765-778, 2017 | 70 | 2017 |
| Auswirkungen des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns auf Beschäftigung, Arbeitszeit und Arbeitslosigkeit H Bonin, IE Isphording, A Krause-Pilatus, A Lichter, N Pestel, U Rinne IZA Research Reports, 2018 | 68 | 2018 |
| Does re-opening schools contribute to the spread of SARS-CoV-2? Evidence from staggered summer breaks in Germany IE Isphording, M Lipfert, N Pestel Journal of Public Economics 198, 104426, 2021 | 60 | 2021 |
| Disadvantages of linguistic origin—Evidence from immigrant literacy scores IE Isphording Economics Letters 123 (2), 236-239, 2014 | 56 | 2014 |
| Returns to Foreign Language Skills of Immigrants in S pain IE Isphording Labour 27 (4), 443-461, 2013 | 56 | 2013 |
| Language and labor market success IE Isphording IZA Discussion Paper, 2014 | 55 | 2014 |
| Gender differences in student dropout in STEM I Isphording, P Qendrai IZA Research Reports 87, 2019 | 53 | 2019 |
| School re-openings after summer breaks in Germany did not increase SARS-CoV-2 cases IE Isphording, M Lipfert, N Pestel IZA Discussion Paper, 2020 | 45 | 2020 |
| The German statutory minimum wage and its effects on regional employment and unemployment H Bonin, IE Isphording, A Krause-Pilatus, A Lichter, N Pestel, U Rinne Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 240 (2-3), 295-319, 2020 | 39 | 2020 |
| Ursachen des Studienabbruchs–Eine analyse des nationalen Bildungspanels I Isphording, F Wozny Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), 2018 | 39 | 2018 |
| Speaking in numbers: The effect of reading performance on math performance among immigrants IE Isphording, M Piopiunik, N Rodríguez-Planas Economics Letters 139, 52-56, 2016 | 36 | 2016 |
Nico PestelResearch Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA), Maastricht UniversityVerified email at maastrichtuniversity.nl
