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. 2011
  2. 14th Colloquium in Personnel Economics

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    09.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. 9. Personalökonomisches Kolloquium 2011

    Humpert, S. (Speaker)

    09.02.201112.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. The effects of training on employee suggestions and promotions in an internal labor market

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    09.02.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Faculty of Economics and Management University Paderborn - 2011

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    17.01.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. Workshop of Institute of Economics 2011

    Humpert, S. (Speaker)

    12.01.2011

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

  7. Peter Lang (Publisher)

    Pape, A. (Editor)

    2011 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of unfinished anthology/collectionResearch

  8. Verein für Socialpolitik e.V. (External organisation)

    Enkelmann, S. (Member)

    2011 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  9. Volkswirtschaftliches Forschungskolloquium in Lüneburg - 2011

    El Masri, T. M. (Speaker)

    2011

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

  10. 2010
  11. 4. Workshop on Political Economy - 2010

    Enkelmann, S. (Participant)

    19.11.201020.11.2010

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

  12. 5. Workshop Makroökonomik und Konjunktur - 2010

    Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)

    18.11.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Heinemann, M. (Full member)

    01.10.2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  14. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Full member)

    01.10.20102020

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  15. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Wein, T. (Deputy member)

    01.10.2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  16. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Heinemann, M. (Deputy member)

    01.10.2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  17. Co-determination Workshop Lüneburg 2010

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    23.09.2010

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

  18. Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik - 2009

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    09.09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. 10. Jahrestagung Verein für Socialpolitik - 2010

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. Mercator School of Management

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    19.07.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  21. The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review (Journal)

    Wein, T. (Reviewer)

    30.06.201030.12.2100

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  22. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pape, A. (Member)

    28.06.201018.12.2010

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  23. Wissenschaftstheorie

    Schmidt, D. (Participant)

    19.06.201026.06.2010

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

  24. Forschungsseminar, Universität Augsburg 2010

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    06.2010

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

  25. Applied Econometrics with Stata for PhD Students

    Schmidt, D. (Participant)

    23.04.201009.07.2011

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

  26. Annual Meeting of Population Association of America - 2010

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Speaker)

    15.04.201017.04.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  27. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Pape, A. (Deputy member)

    2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  28. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    20102016

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  29. Volkswirtschaftliches Forschungskolloquium in Lüneburg - 2011

    El Masri, T. M. (Speaker)

    2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  30. 2009
  31. The Increasing Importance of Economic Conditions on Fertility

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Oral presentation)

    10.12.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  32. 4. Workshop Makroökonomik und Konjunktur - 2009

    Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)

    19.11.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  33. Effective working hours and wages: the case of downward adjustment via paid absenteeism

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    04.11.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  34. Managing Turnover

    Pfeifer, C. (Lecturer)

    27.10.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  35. Universität Zürich

    Pfeifer, C. (Visiting researcher)

    26.10.200929.10.2009

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  36. SOEPcampus@Universität Bielefeld - 2009

    Humpert, S. (Speaker)

    28.09.200902.10.2009

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

  37. Antrittsvorlesung, Leuphana University Lüneburg

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    18.09.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  38. Deferred Compensation Schemes, Fairness Concerns, and Employment of Older Workers

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    09.09.2009

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

  39. Deferred Compensation Schemes, Fairness Concerns, and Employment of Older Workers

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    09.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  40. Works councils and separations: Voice, monopoly, and insurance effects

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  41. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pape, A. (Member)

    10.08.200929.01.2010

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  42. 15th International Conference on Panel Data 2009

    Karaman Örsal, D. (presenter)

    03.07.200905.07.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  43. Summer School in Law and Economics - 2009

    Pape, A. (Participant)

    02.06.200906.06.2009

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

  44. 12th Colloquium in Personnel Economics - COPE 2009

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    05.05.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  45. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pape, A. (Member)

    05.2009 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  46. Humboldt-Copenhagen Conference 2009

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Participant)

    20.03.200921.03.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  47. Institutionen ökologischer Nachhaltigkeit, Evangelische Akademie Tutzing (Keynote) 2009

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    10.03.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  48. Hejnice (Haindorf) Seminar - 2009

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Speaker)

    12.02.200915.02.2009

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

  49. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Pape, A. (Coordinator)

    01.02.2009 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  50. An intra-firm perspective on wage profiles and employment of older workers

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    08.01.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  51. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2009 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  52. The Econometric Society (External organisation)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2009 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  53. 2008
  54. CEP Labour Market Workshop 2008

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    12.2008

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

  55. Entstehung und Verbreitung von Spitzentechnologien 2008

    El Masri, T. M. (Participant)

    07.11.2008

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

  56. IRS, Princeton University Conference "Monopsony in the labor market" 2008

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    10.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  57. European Association of Labour Economists Conference 2008

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    20.09.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  58. Verein für Socialpolitik (presented by co-author)

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    09.2008

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

  59. European Meeting of the Econometric Society - ESEM / EEA Conference 2008

    Karaman Örsal, D. (presenter)

    27.08.200831.08.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  60. Workshop of the Anglo-German Foundation - 2008

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    05.07.2008

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

  61. Department of Economics, University Bonn

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    26.06.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  62. Department of Economics, University of Würzburg

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    17.06.2008

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

  63. Maximum-Likelihood-Based Panel Cointegration Testing

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Oral presentation)

    22.05.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  64. Department of Economics 2008

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    09.05.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  65. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Wagner, J. (Chair)

    01.05.200831.03.2016

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  66. Aarhus School of Business, Denmark 2008

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    28.04.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  67. Spring Meeting of Young Economists - 2008

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    18.04.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  68. 11th Colloquium in Personnel Economics

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    06.03.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  69. ZEW-Workshop "Gender and the labour market" - 2008

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    03.2008

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

  70. Wer gegen wen: Intramodaler, intermodaler und potenzieller Wettbewerb im Schienenfernverkehr

    Wein, T. (Speaker)

    31.01.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  71. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Wein, T. (Coordinator)

    2008 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  72. 2007
  73. IAB/LASER-Workshop "Gender and labour market policies" - 2007

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    12.2007

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

  74. BGPE Conference "Incentives in economics" - 2007

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    11.2007

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  75. Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2012

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    10.2007

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  76. Congress of the European Economic Association - EEA-ESEM 2007

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    30.08.2007

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  77. Chair for Business and Personnel Economics, University of Zurich

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    12.06.2007

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  78. 10th Colloquium in Personnel Economics

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    01.03.2007

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  79. Association of Economic Researchers at Leibniz University Hannover (External organisation)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  80. Economic and Industrial Democracy (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  81. European Association of Labour Economics (External organisation)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  82. European Economic Association (External organisation)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  83. German Economic Review (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  84. Human Relations (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  85. Industrielle Beziehungen (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  86. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  87. Journal for Labour Market Research (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  88. Journal of Contextual Economics (JCE) - Schmollers Jahrbuch (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  89. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  90. Journal of Labor Research (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  91. Labour Economics (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  92. Peace Science and Public Policy (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  93. Spring Meeting of Young Economists - 2008 (Event)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  94. Verein für Socialpolitik e.V. (External organisation)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  95. WSI-Mitteilungen (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  96. 2006
  97. Workshop „Labour and Fairness“ - 2006

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    02.12.2006

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

  98. Conference of the German Industrial Relations Association - GIRA 2006

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    13.10.2006

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  99. Conference on Recent Developments in Econometrics - 2006

    Karaman Örsal, D. (presenter)

    15.09.200617.09.2006

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  100. Institute for Employment Research (DiskAB, IAB) - 2006

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    22.03.2006

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

  101. 2005
  102. 16th (EC)² Conference - 2005

    Karaman Örsal, D. (presenter)

    16.12.200517.12.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  103. Unit Root & Cointegration Testing Conference 2005

    Karaman Örsal, D. (presenter)

    29.09.200501.10.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  104. Australian Conference of Economists 2005 - ACE 2005

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    28.09.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  105. IAB/IWH-Workshop „Beschäftigungsanalysen mit Daten des IAB-Betriebspanels" - 2005

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    28.06.2005

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

  106. Social Justice in a Changing World

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    11.05.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  107. Fairness, layoffs, and the provision of jobs and job security: What do the people think in Germany?

    Pfeifer, C. (Lecturer)

    03.05.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation