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Felix Holub

Postdoc, WZB Berlin Social Science Center

Curriculum Vitae

Publications

Homophily in Grant Evaluations
Nature Human Behaviour, forthcoming
with Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln

Killing Prescriptions Softly: Low Emission Zones and Child Health from Birth to School
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024
with Hannah Klauber, Nicolas Koch, Nico Pestel, Nolan Ritter, and Alexander Rohlf
IZA Discussion Paper
Media: Ärztezeitung, Augsburger Allgemeine, COSMO Radio, Deutsche Welle, FluxFM, Focus, OncoHemato, NetDoktor, Perspective Daily, Rheinische Post, Spiegel, Tagesspiegel Background, taz, WDR, ZDFheute

Pro-environmental voting when climate change is made salient: Evidence from high-resolution flooding data
PLOS Climate, 2023
with Matthias Schündeln
Media: Carbon Brief

Social Benefits and Private Costs of Driving Restriction Policies: The Impact of Madrid Central on Congestion, Pollution, and Consumer Spending
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2023
with Jose Enrique Galdon-Sanchez, Ricard Gil, and Guillermo Uriz-Uharte
Working Paper
Media: El Confidencial, Nada es Gratis Blog

The Effect of Clean Air on Pharmaceutical Expenditures
Economics Letters, 2020
with Alexander Rohlf, Nicolas Koch, and Nolan Ritter
Media: Ärzteblatt, Ärztezeitung, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Bayern 2 Radio, Medical Tribune

Working Papers

Are Male Bosses Bad for Women’s Careers? Evidence from a Multinational Corporation
Working Paper
with Moritz Drechsel-Grau

Urban Air Pollution and Sick Leaves: Evidence from Social Security Data
Working Paper
with Laura Hospido and Ulrich Wagner

Air Quality, Knowledge Worker Performance, and Adaptation: Evidence from GitHub
CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper 402
with Beate Thies
Media: The Visible Hand Podcast

Selected Work in Progress

Daylight, Circadian Rhythms, and Productivity
with Ingo Isphording and Beate Thies

Contact

Dr. Felix Holub
WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Reichpietschufer 50
10785 Berlin, Germany

Email: felix.holub[at]wzb[dot]eu

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