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. 2009
  2. The Econometric Society (External organisation)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2009 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  3. 2008
  4. CEP Labour Market Workshop 2008

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    12.2008

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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. European Association of Labour Economists Conference 2008

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    20.09.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    09.2008

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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Department of Economics, University Bonn

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    26.06.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  12. Department of Economics, University of Würzburg

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    17.06.2008

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

  13. Maximum-Likelihood-Based Panel Cointegration Testing

    Karaman Örsal, D. (Oral presentation)

    22.05.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  14. Department of Economics 2008

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    09.05.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Wagner, J. (Chair)

    01.05.200831.03.2016

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  16. Aarhus School of Business, Denmark 2008

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    28.04.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. Spring Meeting of Young Economists - 2008

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    18.04.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. 11th Colloquium in Personnel Economics

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    06.03.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. 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

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

    Wein, T. (Speaker)

    31.01.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  21. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Wein, T. (Coordinator)

    2008 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  22. 2007
  23. 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

  24. BGPE Conference "Incentives in economics" - 2007

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    11.2007

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  25. Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2012

    Hirsch, B. (Speaker)

    10.2007

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  26. 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

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    12.06.2007

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  28. 10th Colloquium in Personnel Economics

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    01.03.2007

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  30. Economic and Industrial Democracy (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  31. European Association of Labour Economics (External organisation)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  32. European Economic Association (External organisation)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  33. German Economic Review (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  34. Human Relations (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  35. Industrielle Beziehungen (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  36. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  37. Journal for Labour Market Research (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  39. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  40. Journal of Labor Research (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  41. Labour Economics (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  42. Peace Science and Public Policy (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  45. WSI-Mitteilungen (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

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

  46. 2006
  47. Workshop „Labour and Fairness“ - 2006

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    02.12.2006

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

  48. 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

  49. 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

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

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    22.03.2006

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

  51. 2005
  52. 16th (EC)² Conference - 2005

    Karaman Örsal, D. (presenter)

    16.12.200517.12.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  53. 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

  54. Australian Conference of Economists 2005 - ACE 2005

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    28.09.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  55. 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