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.
- 2011
International Workshop of the Labor and Socio-Economic Research Center and Institut for Employment Research - LASER/IAB 2011
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
03.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Einführung in die WissenschaftsPraxis
Schmidt, D. (Participant) & Gärtner, J. (Participant)
21.02.2011 → 24.02.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
14th Colloquium in Personnel Economics
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
09.02.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
9. Personalökonomisches Kolloquium 2011
Humpert, S. (Speaker)
09.02.2011 → 12.02.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The effects of training on employee suggestions and promotions in an internal labor market
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
09.02.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Faculty of Economics and Management University Paderborn - 2011
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
17.01.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshop of Institute of Economics 2011
Humpert, S. (Speaker)
12.01.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Peter Lang (Publisher)
Pape, A. (Editor)
2011 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of unfinished anthology/collection › Research
Verein für Socialpolitik e.V. (External organisation)
Enkelmann, S. (Member)
2011 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Volkswirtschaftliches Forschungskolloquium in Lüneburg - 2011
El Masri, T. M. (Speaker)
2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
- 2010
4. Workshop on Political Economy - 2010
Enkelmann, S. (Participant)
19.11.2010 → 20.11.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
5. Workshop Makroökonomik und Konjunktur - 2010
Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)
18.11.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Heinemann, M. (Full member)
01.10.2010 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Pfeifer, C. (Full member)
01.10.2010 → 2020Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Wein, T. (Deputy member)
01.10.2010 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Heinemann, M. (Deputy member)
01.10.2010 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Co-determination Workshop Lüneburg 2010
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
23.09.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik - 2009
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
09.09.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
10. Jahrestagung Verein für Socialpolitik - 2010
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
09.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Mercator School of Management
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
19.07.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review (Journal)
Wein, T. (Reviewer)
30.06.2010 → 30.12.2100Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Pape, A. (Member)
28.06.2010 → 18.12.2010Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Wissenschaftstheorie
Schmidt, D. (Participant)
19.06.2010 → 26.06.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Forschungsseminar, Universität Augsburg 2010
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
06.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Applied Econometrics with Stata for PhD Students
Schmidt, D. (Participant)
23.04.2010 → 09.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Annual Meeting of Population Association of America - 2010
Karaman Örsal, D. (Speaker)
15.04.2010 → 17.04.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Pape, A. (Deputy member)
2010 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Pfeifer, C. (Member)
2010 → 2016Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Volkswirtschaftliches Forschungskolloquium in Lüneburg - 2011
El Masri, T. M. (Speaker)
2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 2009
The Increasing Importance of Economic Conditions on Fertility
Karaman Örsal, D. (Oral presentation)
10.12.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
4. Workshop Makroökonomik und Konjunktur - 2009
Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)
19.11.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Effective working hours and wages: the case of downward adjustment via paid absenteeism
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
04.11.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Managing Turnover
Pfeifer, C. (Lecturer)
27.10.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Universität Zürich
Pfeifer, C. (Visiting researcher)
26.10.2009 → 29.10.2009Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
SOEPcampus@Universität Bielefeld - 2009
Humpert, S. (Speaker)
28.09.2009 → 02.10.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Antrittsvorlesung, Leuphana University Lüneburg
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
18.09.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Deferred Compensation Schemes, Fairness Concerns, and Employment of Older Workers
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
09.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Deferred Compensation Schemes, Fairness Concerns, and Employment of Older Workers
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
09.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Works councils and separations: Voice, monopoly, and insurance effects
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Pape, A. (Member)
10.08.2009 → 29.01.2010Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
15th International Conference on Panel Data 2009
Karaman Örsal, D. (presenter)
03.07.2009 → 05.07.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Summer School in Law and Economics - 2009
Pape, A. (Participant)
02.06.2009 → 06.06.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
12th Colloquium in Personnel Economics - COPE 2009
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
05.05.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Pape, A. (Member)
05.2009 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Humboldt-Copenhagen Conference 2009
Karaman Örsal, D. (Participant)
20.03.2009 → 21.03.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Institutionen ökologischer Nachhaltigkeit, Evangelische Akademie Tutzing (Keynote) 2009
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
10.03.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Hejnice (Haindorf) Seminar - 2009
Karaman Örsal, D. (Speaker)
12.02.2009 → 15.02.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Pape, A. (Coordinator)
01.02.2009 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
An intra-firm perspective on wage profiles and employment of older workers
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
08.01.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Pfeifer, C. (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
The Econometric Society (External organisation)
Pfeifer, C. (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
- 2008
CEP Labour Market Workshop 2008
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
12.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Entstehung und Verbreitung von Spitzentechnologien 2008
El Masri, T. M. (Participant)
07.11.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
IRS, Princeton University Conference "Monopsony in the labor market" 2008
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
10.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
European Association of Labour Economists Conference 2008
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
20.09.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Verein für Socialpolitik (presented by co-author)
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
09.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
European Meeting of the Econometric Society - ESEM / EEA Conference 2008
Karaman Örsal, D. (presenter)
27.08.2008 → 31.08.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshop of the Anglo-German Foundation - 2008
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
05.07.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Department of Economics, University Bonn
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
26.06.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Department of Economics, University of Würzburg
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
17.06.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Maximum-Likelihood-Based Panel Cointegration Testing
Karaman Örsal, D. (Oral presentation)
22.05.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Department of Economics 2008
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
09.05.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Wagner, J. (Chair)
01.05.2008 → 31.03.2016Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Aarhus School of Business, Denmark 2008
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
28.04.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Spring Meeting of Young Economists - 2008
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
18.04.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
11th Colloquium in Personnel Economics
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
06.03.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
ZEW-Workshop "Gender and the labour market" - 2008
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
03.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Wer gegen wen: Intramodaler, intermodaler und potenzieller Wettbewerb im Schienenfernverkehr
Wein, T. (Speaker)
31.01.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)
Wein, T. (Coordinator)
2008 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
- 2007
IAB/LASER-Workshop "Gender and labour market policies" - 2007
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
12.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
BGPE Conference "Incentives in economics" - 2007
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
11.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2012
Hirsch, B. (Speaker)
10.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Congress of the European Economic Association - EEA-ESEM 2007
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
30.08.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Chair for Business and Personnel Economics, University of Zurich
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
12.06.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
10th Colloquium in Personnel Economics
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
01.03.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Association of Economic Researchers at Leibniz University Hannover (External organisation)
Pfeifer, C. (Member)
2007 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Economic and Industrial Democracy (Journal)
Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)
2007 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
European Association of Labour Economics (External organisation)
Pfeifer, C. (Member)
2007 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
European Economic Association (External organisation)
Pfeifer, C. (Member)
2007 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
German Economic Review (Journal)
Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)
2007 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Human Relations (Journal)
Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)
2007 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Industrielle Beziehungen (Journal)
Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)
2007 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (Journal)
Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)
2007 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal for Labour Market Research (Journal)
Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)
2007 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Contextual Economics (JCE) - Schmollers Jahrbuch (Journal)
Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)
2007 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (Journal)
Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)
2007 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Labor Research (Journal)
Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)
2007 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Labour Economics (Journal)
Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)
2007 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Peace Science and Public Policy (Journal)
Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)
2007 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Spring Meeting of Young Economists - 2008 (Event)
Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)
2007 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Verein für Socialpolitik e.V. (External organisation)
Pfeifer, C. (Member)
2007 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
WSI-Mitteilungen (Journal)
Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)
2007 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
- 2006
Workshop „Labour and Fairness“ - 2006
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
02.12.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Conference of the German Industrial Relations Association - GIRA 2006
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
13.10.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference on Recent Developments in Econometrics - 2006
Karaman Örsal, D. (presenter)
15.09.2006 → 17.09.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Institute for Employment Research (DiskAB, IAB) - 2006
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
22.03.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
- 2005
16th (EC)² Conference - 2005
Karaman Örsal, D. (presenter)
16.12.2005 → 17.12.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Unit Root & Cointegration Testing Conference 2005
Karaman Örsal, D. (presenter)
29.09.2005 → 01.10.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Australian Conference of Economists 2005 - ACE 2005
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
28.09.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
IAB/IWH-Workshop „Beschäftigungsanalysen mit Daten des IAB-Betriebspanels" - 2005
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
28.06.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research