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. 2013
  2. 10th IZA Annual Migration Meeting (AM²) and 4th Migration Topic Week - IZA AM² 2013

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. Conference on Cross-sectional Dependence in Panel Data Models - 2013

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Coauthor)

    30.05.201331.05.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Annual Conference of the Royal Economic Society - RES 2013

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    04.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Colloquium des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung - IAB-Colloquium 2013

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    02.2013

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

  6. Journal for Labour Market Research (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Editor)

    2013 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  7. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Chair)

    20132017

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  8. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Chair)

    20132014

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  9. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Chair)

    20132014

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  10. 2012
  11. 23rd (EC)2 Conference - Hypothesis Testing - EC2 2012

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Participant)

    14.12.201215.12.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. Humboldt University Berlin

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Visiting researcher)

    10.12.201221.05.2013

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  13. 13th IWH-CIREQ Macroeconometric Workshop: Macro-econometrics and Panel Data - IWH-CIREQ 2012

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Coauthor)

    07.12.201208.12.2012

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

  14. 8th Conference of the Eurasia Business and Economics Society - EBES 2012

    Pape, A. (Speaker)

    01.11.201204.11.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. User Conference IAB Establishment Panel 2012

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    19.10.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    27.08.201231.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. 18th International Conference on Panel Data 2012

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Participant)

    05.07.201206.07.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. 10th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference - SOEP 2012

    Humpert, S. (Speaker)

    28.06.201229.06.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. Kolloquium Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre 2012

    Humpert, S. (Speaker)

    27.06.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. Intra-firm Wage Dispersion and Cost Coverage of Training: Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    20.06.201223.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  21. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Wagner, J. (Chair)

    20.06.201230.11.2012

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  22. 26th Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics - ESPE 2012

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    06.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  23. Age and Gender Differences in Job Opportunities

    Humpert, S. (Speaker)

    18.05.201219.05.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  24. Annual Meeting of the Austrian Economic Association - NOeG 2012

    Humpert, S. (Speaker)

    18.05.201219.05.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  25. 1. Niedersächsischer Workshop in Applied Economics 2012

    Humpert, S. (Speaker)

    11.05.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  26. 14th INFER Annual Conference 2012

    Pape, A. (Speaker)

    10.05.201213.05.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  27. Peasants, Bankers, and Political Alternatives

    Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)

    18.04.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  28. Religious Activity, Risk Taking Preferences, and Financial Economic Behavior: Empirical Evidence from German Survey Data

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    18.04.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  29. Unraveling the Complexity of U.S. Presidential Approval

    Enkelmann, S. (Coauthor)

    16.04.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  30. Unraveling the Complexity of U.S. Presidential Approval

    Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)

    31.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  31. Age and Gender Differences in Job Opportunities

    Humpert, S. (Speaker)

    14.03.201216.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  32. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Wagner, J. (Chair)

    07.03.201218.07.2012

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  33. sneep Podiumsdiskussion

    Pfeifer, C. (Opponent)

    19.01.2012

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

  34. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Member)

    2012 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  35. 2011
  36. The Unresolved Puzzle on the Economic Determinants of U.S. Presidential Approval

    Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)

    14.12.2011

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

  37. 5th Workshop on Political Economy - 2011

    Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)

    02.12.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  38. 6. Workshop Makroökonomik und Konjunktur - 2011

    Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)

    17.11.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  39. Age and Gender Differences in Job Opportunities - 2011

    Humpert, S. (Speaker)

    09.11.2011

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

  40. Foreign ownership and firm performance in the German services sector

    Weche Gelübcke, J. P. (Speaker)

    20.10.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  41. Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung: Einführung in die Datenanalyse mit Stata 2011

    Schmidt, D. (Participant)

    11.10.201113.10.2011

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

  42. College (Organisational unit)

    Wagner, J. (Chair)

    01.10.201131.03.2018

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    23.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  44. Explaining Age and Gender Differences in Employment Rates: A Labor Supply Side Perspective

    Humpert, S. (Speaker)

    22.09.201124.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  45. 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

  46. Institute of Economics (Organisational unit)

    Wagner, J. (Chair)

    01.09.201131.12.2011

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  47. Jahrestagung Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS 2011

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  48. 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

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    26.05.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  50. Workshop of Institute of Economics 2011

    Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)

    27.04.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  51. Annual Conference of the Scottish Economic Society 2011

    Enkelmann, S. (Speaker)

    05.04.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch