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.
  1. 2019
  2. Professorship for Economics, in Particular Empirical Microeconomics (Organisational unit)

    Mechtel, M. (Chair)

    03.07.201931.12.2019

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  3. Forschungsseminar, Universität zu Köln (CMR)

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    07.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  4. Project Workshop on "Worker Flows, Match Quality, and Productivity" - 2019

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    07.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  5. Lüneburg Workshop in Economics 2019

    Hörisch, J. (Speaker), Pfeifer, C. (Organiser), Hirsch, B. (Organiser) & Mechtel, M. (Organiser)

    28.02.201901.03.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. 2018
  7. IAB-OECD Seminar

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    12.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  8. Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University, 2018 Monopsony Conference

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    10.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Hirsch, B. (Member)

    10.201801.2019

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  10. EALE Annual Meeting

    Petrunyk, I. (Speaker)

    09.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  11. Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik - VfS 2018

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    09.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Deputy member)

    01.04.201808.10.2019

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  13. Berlin Applied Micro Seminar, Humbold-Universität zu Berlin

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    04.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  14. Fakultät W allgemein (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Chair)

    04.201804.2022

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  15. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Hirsch, B. (Coordinator)

    04.2018 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  16. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Chair)

    04.201804.2022

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  17. Lüneburg Workshop in Economics 2018: "Microeconomics"

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    03.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  18. Sapienza Università di Roma

    Petrunyk, I. (Visiting researcher)

    02.201803.2018

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  19. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Hirsch, B. (Member)

    02.201807.2018

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  20. Berufungsmanagement (Organisational unit)

    Wein, T. (Member)

    01.01.201831.12.2018

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  21. Berufungsmanagement (Organisational unit)

    Wein, T. (Member)

    01.01.201831.12.2018

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  22. Graduate School (Organisational unit)

    Wein, T. (Member)

    01.01.201831.12.2018

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  23. 1st Italian Workshop of Econometrics and Empirical Economics - IWEEE 2018

    Petrunyk, I. (Participant)

    01.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  24. Annual Meeting of American Economic Association - AEA 2018

    Petrunyk, I. (presenter)

    01.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  25. EEA Annual Meeting

    Petrunyk, I. (Speaker)

    2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  26. Grundlagen der Arbeitsmarktökonomik – wenn Arbeitsangebot auf Arbeitsnachfrage trifft

    Mechtel, M. (Lecturer)

    2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  27. Grundlagen der Verhaltensökonomik – hat der Homo oeconomicus ausgedient?

    Mechtel, M. (Lecturer)

    2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  28. Lüneburg Workshop in Economics 2018: "Microeconomics"

    Pfeifer, C. (Organiser), Hirsch, B. (Organiser) & Mechtel, M. (Organiser)

    2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  29. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Deputy member)

    2018

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  30. 2017
  31. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Hirsch, B. (Deputy member)

    22.11.2017 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  32. Annual Conference of the European Association of Labour Economists - EALE 2017

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    10.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  33. Institute of Economics (Organisational unit)

    Petrunyk, I. (Member)

    10.2017

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  34. Labour Economics

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    10.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  35. National Conference of Labour Economics 2017

    Petrunyk, I. (presenter)

    09.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  36. Società italiana di economia pubblica (SIEP) Conference 2017

    Petrunyk, I. (presenter)

    09.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  37. Verein für Sozialpolitik-Jahrestagung 2017

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    09.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  38. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Hirsch, B. (Member)

    11.07.201718.10.2017

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  39. A comment on Prof. Dr. Thym's paper "The 'refugee crisis' as a challenge of legal design and institutional legitimacy"

    Abellán-Ossenbach, M. (Oral presentation)

    30.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  40. ANNUAL CONFERENCE IAAE 2017

    Petrunyk, I. (presenter)

    06.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  41. Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International 2017

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    06.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  42. Graduate School (Organisational unit)

    Hirsch, B. (Chair)

    31.05.2017 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  43. The urban wage premium in imperfect labour markets

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    24.05.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  44. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Hirsch, B. (Member)

    03.05.2017 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  45. School of Public Affairs (Organisational unit)

    Wein, T. (Chair)

    01.04.201730.09.2026

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  46. Workshop on Stochastic Models, Statistics and Their Applications 2017

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Speaker)

    20.02.201725.02.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  47. Tagung des Ausschusses für Bevölkerungsökonomik des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2017

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    02.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  48. International Journal for Re-Views in Empirical Economics (IREE) (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Editor)

    2017 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  49. Lüneburg Workshop in Economics 2017

    Pfeifer, C. (Organiser), Hirsch, B. (Organiser) & Mechtel, M. (Organiser)

    2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  50. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Chair)

    2017

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  51. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2017

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees