Institute of Economics
Organisational unit: Institute
- Junior Professorship for Economics, in particular Microeconomics
- Professorship for Economics, Applied Microeconomics
- Professorship for Economics, in Particular Economic Policy
- Professorship for Economics, in particular Empirical Microeconomics
- Professorship of Economics, in particular empirical Macroeconomics
- Professorship of Economics, in particular Microeconometrics and Policy Evaluation
Organisation profile
In research and teaching, the Institute of Economics deals with economic issues covering a wide range of topics.
The Institute's thematic focuses include applied microeconomics, macroeconomics, empirical economic research, economic policy, economic theory and financial markets. The following pages provide a detailed insight into the research and teaching activities of the institute.
Main research areas
The main research areas of the Institute of Economics are:
- Microeconometric studies on international firm activity, firm demography and workplace dynamics, and industrial relations
- Economic analyses of regulation and deregulation
- Economic analyses of insurance markets
- Applied microeconomics with empirical focus (e.g. labour, health, education).
- Macroeconomic research questions in areas such as labour market research, inequality research, monetary policy, fiscal policy, foreign trade theory and growth theory.
- 2017
Lüneburg Workshop in Economics 2017
Pfeifer, C. (Organiser), Hirsch, B. (Organiser) & Mechtel, M. (Organiser)
2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Pfeifer, C. (Chair)
2017Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Pfeifer, C. (Member)
2017Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Pfeifer, C. (Member)
2017 → 2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
- 2016
Annual Meeting of the German Economic Association 2016
Karaman Örsal, D. (Speaker)
04.09.2016 → 07.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik - VfS 2016
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
European Meeting of the Econometric Society and Annual Congress of the European Economic Association - ESEM & EEA 2016
Karaman Örsal, D. (Participant)
22.08.2016 → 26.08.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
IWH Workshop on Labour Mobility and Inequality
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
07.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Professorship for Economics, in Particular Empirical Microeconomics (Organisational unit)
Mechtel, M. (Member)
01.04.2016 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Wein, T. (Office)
01.04.2016 → 31.12.2016Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Mechtel, M. (Member)
04.2016 → 04.2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Lüneburg Workshop on Microeconomics 2016
Mechtel, M. (Organiser) & Pfeifer, C. (Organiser)
03.03.2016 → 04.03.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshop on Microeconomics 2016
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
03.03.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Graduate School (Organisational unit)
Wein, T. (Chair)
2016 → 2020Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Institute of Economics (Organisational unit)
Pfeifer, C. (Coordinator)
2016 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Pfeifer, C. (Deputy member)
2016 → 2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Pfeifer, C. (Chair)
2016 → 2017Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Pfeifer, C. (Member)
2016 → 2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
- 2015
Forschungsseminar, Leuphana Universität 2015
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
11.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Forschungsseminar, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
11.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Jahrestagung Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS Jahrestagung 2015
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshop der Abteilung Strukturwandel und Produktivität des IWH - IWH 2015
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
07.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Forschungsseminar, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
06.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
2nd Scottish Economic Society Annual Conference - SES 2015
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
04.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Annual Conference of the Royal Economic Society - RES 2015
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
03.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
European Association of Young Economists (External organisation)
Mechtel, M. (Member)
2015 → 2017Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Gutachtertätigkeiten
Mechtel, M. (Reviewer)
2015 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (Journal)
Pfeifer, C. (Editor)
2015 → 2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Journal of Contextual Economics (JCE) - Schmollers Jahrbuch (Journal)
Pfeifer, C. (Editor)
2015 → 2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Lüneburg Workshop in Economics 2015
Pfeifer, C. (Organiser)
2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Pfeifer, C. (Member)
2015Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
- 2014
Forschungsseminar, Newcastle University
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
10.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
26th European Association of Labour Economics Conference - EALE 2014
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
09.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik - VfS 2014
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
09.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
18th Annual Conference of The International Society for New Institutional Economics - ISNIE 2014
Pape, A. (Speaker)
19.06.2014 → 21.06.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
28th Jahrestagung European Society of Population Economics - ESPE 2014
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
06.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
IZA-Workshop 2014
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
06.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Forschungsseminar, Technische Universität Darmstadt
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
05.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Jahrestagung Scottish Economic Society - ScotEcon 2014
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
04.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (Journal)
Pfeifer, C. (Editorial Board)
2014 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Lüneburg Workshop in Economics 2014
Pfeifer, C. (Organiser)
2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Pfeifer, C. (Member)
2014 → 2017Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Pfeifer, C. (Member)
2014 → 2017Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Pfeifer, C. (Member)
2014Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Pfeifer, C. (Chair)
2014 → 2015Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
- 2013
Ökonomisches Kolloquium - IAAEU 2013
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
12.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
A Simple Likelihood-based Panel Cointegration Test in the Presence of a Linear Time Trend and Cross-sectional Dependence
Karaman Örsal, D. (Coauthor)
29.11.2013 → 30.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Do the global stochastic trends drive the real house prices in OECD countries?
Karaman Örsal, D. (Speaker)
29.11.2013 → 30.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
RWI Research Seminar - 2013
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
11.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
30th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Law and Economics - EALE 2013
Pape, A. (Speaker)
26.09.2013 → 28.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Statistische Woche - 2013
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
28th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association and 67th European Meeting of the Econometric Society - EEA 2013
Karaman Örsal, D. (Participant)
26.08.2013 → 30.08.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Hauspreisindizes in OECD-Ländern – Eine Panel-Kointegrationsanalyse
Karaman Örsal, D. (Oral presentation)
25.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
10th IZA Annual Migration Meeting (AM²) and 4th Migration Topic Week - IZA AM² 2013
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
06.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference on Cross-sectional Dependence in Panel Data Models - 2013
Karaman Örsal, D. (Coauthor)
30.05.2013 → 31.05.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Annual Conference of the Royal Economic Society - RES 2013
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Colloquium des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung - IAB-Colloquium 2013
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
02.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Journal for Labour Market Research (Journal)
Pfeifer, C. (Editor)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Pfeifer, C. (Chair)
2013 → 2017Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Pfeifer, C. (Chair)
2013 → 2014Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Pfeifer, C. (Chair)
2013 → 2014Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
- 2012
23rd (EC)2 Conference - Hypothesis Testing - EC2 2012
Karaman Örsal, D. (Participant)
14.12.2012 → 15.12.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Humboldt University Berlin
Karaman Örsal, D. (Visiting researcher)
10.12.2012 → 21.05.2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
13th IWH-CIREQ Macroeconometric Workshop: Macro-econometrics and Panel Data - IWH-CIREQ 2012
Karaman Örsal, D. (Coauthor)
07.12.2012 → 08.12.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
8th Conference of the Eurasia Business and Economics Society - EBES 2012
Pape, A. (Speaker)
01.11.2012 → 04.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
User Conference IAB Establishment Panel 2012
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
19.10.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Base Salaries, Bonus Payments, and Absenteeism among Managers in a German Company
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
27.08.2012 → 31.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
18th International Conference on Panel Data 2012
Karaman Örsal, D. (Participant)
05.07.2012 → 06.07.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
10th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference - SOEP 2012
Humpert, S. (Speaker)
28.06.2012 → 29.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Kolloquium Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre 2012
Humpert, S. (Speaker)
27.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Intra-firm Wage Dispersion and Cost Coverage of Training: Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
20.06.2012 → 23.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Wagner, J. (Chair)
20.06.2012 → 30.11.2012Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
26th Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics - ESPE 2012
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Age and Gender Differences in Job Opportunities
Humpert, S. (Speaker)
18.05.2012 → 19.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Annual Meeting of the Austrian Economic Association - NOeG 2012
Humpert, S. (Speaker)
18.05.2012 → 19.05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1. Niedersächsischer Workshop in Applied Economics 2012
Humpert, S. (Speaker)
11.05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
14th INFER Annual Conference 2012
Pape, A. (Speaker)
10.05.2012 → 13.05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Peasants, Bankers, and Political Alternatives
Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)
18.04.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Religious Activity, Risk Taking Preferences, and Financial Economic Behavior: Empirical Evidence from German Survey Data
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
18.04.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Unraveling the Complexity of U.S. Presidential Approval
Enkelmann, S. (Coauthor)
16.04.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Unraveling the Complexity of U.S. Presidential Approval
Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)
31.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Age and Gender Differences in Job Opportunities
Humpert, S. (Speaker)
14.03.2012 → 16.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Wagner, J. (Chair)
07.03.2012 → 18.07.2012Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
sneep Podiumsdiskussion
Pfeifer, C. (Opponent)
19.01.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Karaman Örsal, D. (Member)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
- 2011
The Unresolved Puzzle on the Economic Determinants of U.S. Presidential Approval
Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)
14.12.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
5th Workshop on Political Economy - 2011
Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)
02.12.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
6. Workshop Makroökonomik und Konjunktur - 2011
Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)
17.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Age and Gender Differences in Job Opportunities - 2011
Humpert, S. (Speaker)
09.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Foreign ownership and firm performance in the German services sector
Weche Gelübcke, J. P. (Speaker)
20.10.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Rückzahlungsvereinbarungen und Kostenübernahme durch Arbeitgeber bei betrieblicher Weiterbildung: Determinanten und Lohneffekte
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
13.10.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung: Einführung in die Datenanalyse mit Stata 2011
Schmidt, D. (Participant)
11.10.2011 → 13.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
College (Organisational unit)
Wagner, J. (Chair)
01.10.2011 → 31.03.2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
The effects of training on employee suggestions and promotions in an internal labor market
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
23.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Explaining Age and Gender Differences in Employment Rates: A Labor Supply Side Perspective
Humpert, S. (Speaker)
22.09.2011 → 24.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Erklärung alters- und geschlechtsspezifischer Unterschiede in der Erwerbsbeteiligung: Eine arbeitsangebotsorientierte Perspektive
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
20.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Foreign owned enterprises in the German service sector: first evidence from official statistics
Weche Gelübcke, J. P. (Speaker)
20.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Institute of Economics (Organisational unit)
Wagner, J. (Chair)
01.09.2011 → 31.12.2011Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Jahrestagung Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS 2011
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
09.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Population Economics Summer School - IMPRSD 2011
Humpert, S. (Participant)
01.06.2011 → 08.06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research