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. Foreign owned enterprises in the German service sector: first evidence from official statistics

    Weche Gelübcke, J. P. (Speaker)

    20.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Institute of Economics (Organisational unit)

    Wagner, J. (Chair)

    01.09.201131.12.2011

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  4. Jahrestagung Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS 2011

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Population Economics Summer School - IMPRSD 2011

    Humpert, S. (Participant)

    01.06.201108.06.2011

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

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    26.05.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  7. Workshop of Institute of Economics 2011

    Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)

    27.04.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. Annual Conference of the Scottish Economic Society 2011

    Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)

    05.04.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 14th Colloquium in Personnel Economics

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    09.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. 9. Personalökonomisches Kolloquium 2011

    Humpert, S. (Speaker)

    09.02.201112.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. 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

  14. Faculty of Economics and Management University Paderborn - 2011

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    17.01.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. 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

  16. Peter Lang (Publisher)

    Pape, A. (Editor)

    2011 → …

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

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

    Enkelmann, S. (Member)

    2011 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  18. Volkswirtschaftliches Forschungskolloquium in Lüneburg - 2011

    El Masri, T. M. (Speaker)

    2011

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

  19. 2010
  20. 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

  21. 5. Workshop Makroökonomik und Konjunktur - 2010

    Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)

    18.11.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  22. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Heinemann, M. (Full member)

    01.10.2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  23. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Full member)

    01.10.20102020

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  24. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Wein, T. (Deputy member)

    01.10.2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  25. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Heinemann, M. (Deputy member)

    01.10.2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  26. Co-determination Workshop Lüneburg 2010

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    23.09.2010

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

  27. Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik - 2009

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    09.09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  28. 10. Jahrestagung Verein für Socialpolitik - 2010

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  29. Mercator School of Management

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    19.07.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  30. 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

  31. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pape, A. (Member)

    28.06.201018.12.2010

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  32. Wissenschaftstheorie

    Schmidt, D. (Participant)

    19.06.201026.06.2010

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

  33. Forschungsseminar, Universität Augsburg 2010

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    06.2010

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

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Pape, A. (Deputy member)

    2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  37. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    20102016

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  38. Volkswirtschaftliches Forschungskolloquium in Lüneburg - 2011

    El Masri, T. M. (Speaker)

    2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  39. 2009
  40. The Increasing Importance of Economic Conditions on Fertility

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Oral presentation)

    10.12.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  41. 4. Workshop Makroökonomik und Konjunktur - 2009

    Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)

    19.11.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    04.11.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  43. Managing Turnover

    Pfeifer, C. (Lecturer)

    27.10.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  44. Universität Zürich

    Pfeifer, C. (Visiting researcher)

    26.10.200929.10.2009

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  45. 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

  46. Antrittsvorlesung, Leuphana University Lüneburg

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    18.09.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  47. 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

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    09.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  50. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pape, A. (Member)

    10.08.200929.01.2010

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  51. 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

  52. 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

  53. 12th Colloquium in Personnel Economics - COPE 2009

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    05.05.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  54. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pape, A. (Member)

    05.2009 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  55. Humboldt-Copenhagen Conference 2009

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Participant)

    20.03.200921.03.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    10.03.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  57. 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

  58. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Pape, A. (Coordinator)

    01.02.2009 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    08.01.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  60. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2009 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  61. The Econometric Society (External organisation)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2009 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  62. 2008
  63. CEP Labour Market Workshop 2008

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    12.2008

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

  64. 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

  65. 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

  66. European Association of Labour Economists Conference 2008

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    20.09.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    09.2008

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

  68. 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

  69. 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

  70. Department of Economics, University Bonn

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    26.06.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  71. Department of Economics, University of Würzburg

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    17.06.2008

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

  72. Maximum-Likelihood-Based Panel Cointegration Testing

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Oral presentation)

    22.05.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  73. Department of Economics 2008

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    09.05.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  74. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Wagner, J. (Chair)

    01.05.200831.03.2016

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  75. Aarhus School of Business, Denmark 2008

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    28.04.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  76. Spring Meeting of Young Economists - 2008

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    18.04.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  77. 11th Colloquium in Personnel Economics

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    06.03.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  78. 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

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

    Wein, T. (Speaker)

    31.01.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  80. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Wein, T. (Coordinator)

    2008 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  81. 2007
  82. 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

  83. BGPE Conference "Incentives in economics" - 2007

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    11.2007

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  84. Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2012

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    10.2007

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  85. 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

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    12.06.2007

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  87. 10th Colloquium in Personnel Economics

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    01.03.2007

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  89. Economic and Industrial Democracy (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  90. European Association of Labour Economics (External organisation)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  91. European Economic Association (External organisation)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  92. German Economic Review (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  93. Human Relations (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  94. Industrielle Beziehungen (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  95. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  96. Journal for Labour Market Research (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  98. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  99. Journal of Labor Research (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  100. Labour Economics (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  101. Peace Science and Public Policy (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  104. WSI-Mitteilungen (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  105. 2006
  106. Workshop „Labour and Fairness“ - 2006

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    02.12.2006

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