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.
EDaWaX II: European Data Watch Extended - Enhancing the project's pilot application towards an integrated solution for managing research data in economics journals
Wagner, J. (Partner), Seusing, E. (Coordination) & Wagner, G. G. (Partner)
01.04.11 → 31.03.13
Project: Research
Exporte und Produktivitätsdynamik in niedersächsischen Industriebetrieben
Wagner, J. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the state of Lower Saxony
21.05.07 → 15.03.10
Project: Research
Firmendatenbasiertes Benchmarking der Industrie und des Dienstleistungssektors in Niedersachsen - Methodisches Konzept und Anwendungen
Wagner, J. (Project manager, academic) & Weche, J. P. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the state of Lower Saxony
01.10.10 → 26.02.13
Project: Research
Firm Wage Differentials in Imperfect Labour Markets: The Role of Market Power and Industrial Relations in Rent Splitting between Workers and Firms
Hirsch, B. (Project manager, academic) & Mueller, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.18 → 28.02.21
Project: Research
KombiFiD: Kombinierte Firmendaten für Deutschland (KombiFiD) - Zusammenführung von Mikrodaten der statistischen Ämter, des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung und weiterer Datenproduzenten
Wagner, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.07 → 09.02.12
Project: Research
TM 1.1 KT 07 - Management: Management-Modelle in der integrierten Versorgung - neue Ansätze für chronische Erkrankungen
Weisenfeld, U. (Project manager, academic), Wein, T. (Project manager, academic), Oberschachtsiek, D. (Project staff), Sörensen, C. (Project staff), Prawda, S. (Project staff) & Zweifel, P. (Partner)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
01.10.11 → 31.12.15
Project: Research
Nachhaltige Nutzung von Ökosystemdienstleistungen unter Unsicherheit. Ökologisch-ökonomische Modellierung und Evaluierung volkswirtschaftlicher Politikoptionen
Baumgärtner, S. (Project manager, academic), Quaas, M. F. (Project manager, academic), Olbrich, R. (Project staff), Derissen, S. (Project staff), Jakoby, O. (Project staff) & Groth, M. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.02.07 → 31.07.10
Project: Research
Understanding the minimum wage effects on imperfect product and labour markets
Hirsch, B. (Project manager, academic), Mertens, M. (Project manager, academic) & Müller, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.23 → 30.09.25
Project: Research
Welchen Einfluss haben Ankündigungen von Zentralbanken auf Konsumenten?
Lamla, M. J. (Project manager, academic)
30.06.22 → 01.02.23
Project: Research
Wettbewerbspotenziale im niedersächsischen Postmarkt
Wein, T. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the state of Lower Saxony
20.05.09 → 12.02.13
Project: Research