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. Base Salaries, Bonus Payments, and Absenteeism among Managers in a German Company

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    26.05.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. Workshop of Institute of Economics 2011

    Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)

    27.04.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Annual Conference of the Scottish Economic Society 2011

    Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)

    05.04.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. International Workshop of the Labor and Socio-Economic Research Center and Institut for Employment Research - LASER/IAB 2011

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    03.2011

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

  6. Einführung in die WissenschaftsPraxis

    Schmidt, D. (Participant) & Gärtner, J. (Participant)

    21.02.201124.02.2011

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

  7. 14th Colloquium in Personnel Economics

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    09.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. 9. Personalökonomisches Kolloquium 2011

    Humpert, S. (Speaker)

    09.02.201112.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. 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

  10. Faculty of Economics and Management University Paderborn - 2011

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    17.01.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  11. 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

  12. Peter Lang (Publisher)

    Pape, A. (Editor)

    2011 → …

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

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

    Enkelmann, S. (Member)

    2011 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  14. Volkswirtschaftliches Forschungskolloquium in Lüneburg - 2011

    El Masri, T. M. (Speaker)

    2011

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

  15. 2010
  16. 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

  17. 5. Workshop Makroökonomik und Konjunktur - 2010

    Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)

    18.11.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Heinemann, M. (Full member)

    01.10.2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  19. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Full member)

    01.10.20102020

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  20. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Wein, T. (Deputy member)

    01.10.2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  21. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Heinemann, M. (Deputy member)

    01.10.2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  22. Co-determination Workshop Lüneburg 2010

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    23.09.2010

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

  23. Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik - 2009

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    09.09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  24. 10. Jahrestagung Verein für Socialpolitik - 2010

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  25. Mercator School of Management

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    19.07.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  26. 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

  27. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pape, A. (Member)

    28.06.201018.12.2010

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  28. Wissenschaftstheorie

    Schmidt, D. (Participant)

    19.06.201026.06.2010

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

  29. Forschungsseminar, Universität Augsburg 2010

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    06.2010

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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Pape, A. (Deputy member)

    2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  33. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    20102016

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  34. Volkswirtschaftliches Forschungskolloquium in Lüneburg - 2011

    El Masri, T. M. (Speaker)

    2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  35. 2009
  36. The Increasing Importance of Economic Conditions on Fertility

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Oral presentation)

    10.12.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  37. 4. Workshop Makroökonomik und Konjunktur - 2009

    Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)

    19.11.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    04.11.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  39. Managing Turnover

    Pfeifer, C. (Lecturer)

    27.10.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  40. Universität Zürich

    Pfeifer, C. (Visiting researcher)

    26.10.200929.10.2009

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  41. 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

  42. Antrittsvorlesung, Leuphana University Lüneburg

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    18.09.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  43. 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

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    09.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  46. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pape, A. (Member)

    10.08.200929.01.2010

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. 12th Colloquium in Personnel Economics - COPE 2009

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    05.05.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  50. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pape, A. (Member)

    05.2009 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  51. Humboldt-Copenhagen Conference 2009

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Participant)

    20.03.200921.03.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    10.03.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  53. 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

  54. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Pape, A. (Coordinator)

    01.02.2009 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    08.01.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  56. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2009 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  57. The Econometric Society (External organisation)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2009 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  58. 2008
  59. CEP Labour Market Workshop 2008

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    12.2008

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

  60. 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

  61. 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

  62. European Association of Labour Economists Conference 2008

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    20.09.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    09.2008

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

  64. 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

  65. 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

  66. Department of Economics, University Bonn

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    26.06.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  67. Department of Economics, University of Würzburg

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    17.06.2008

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

  68. Maximum-Likelihood-Based Panel Cointegration Testing

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Oral presentation)

    22.05.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  69. Department of Economics 2008

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    09.05.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  70. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Wagner, J. (Chair)

    01.05.200831.03.2016

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  71. Aarhus School of Business, Denmark 2008

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    28.04.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  72. Spring Meeting of Young Economists - 2008

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    18.04.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  73. 11th Colloquium in Personnel Economics

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    06.03.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  74. 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

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

    Wein, T. (Speaker)

    31.01.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  76. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Wein, T. (Coordinator)

    2008 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  77. 2007
  78. 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

  79. BGPE Conference "Incentives in economics" - 2007

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    11.2007

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  80. Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2012

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    10.2007

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  81. 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

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    12.06.2007

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  83. 10th Colloquium in Personnel Economics

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    01.03.2007

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  85. Economic and Industrial Democracy (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  86. European Association of Labour Economics (External organisation)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  87. European Economic Association (External organisation)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  88. German Economic Review (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  89. Human Relations (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  90. Industrielle Beziehungen (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  91. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  92. Journal for Labour Market Research (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  94. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  95. Journal of Labor Research (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  96. Labour Economics (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  97. Peace Science and Public Policy (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  100. WSI-Mitteilungen (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  101. 2006
  102. Workshop „Labour and Fairness“ - 2006

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    02.12.2006

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

  103. 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

  104. 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

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    22.03.2006

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

  106. 2005
  107. 16th (EC)² Conference - 2005

    Karaman Örsal, D. (presenter)

    16.12.200517.12.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch