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. Published

    Nascent entrepreneurs

    Wagner, J., 2004, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 34 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 320).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  2. Published

    Union membership and age: the inverted u-shape hypothesis under test

    Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 16 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 107).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. Published

    The long awaited reform of the German works constitution act

    Bellmann, L., Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 2002, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 43 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 254).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. Published

    Other-regarding preferences, spousal disability and happiness: evidence from German couples

    Braakmann, N., 2009, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 23 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 130).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    Improvements and future challenges for the research infrastructure in the field firm level data

    Wagner, J., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 11 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 88).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    Works councils, labor productivity and plant heterogeneity: evidence from quantile regressions

    Wagner, J., Schnabel, C., Schank, T. & Addison, J. T., 2004, Lüneburg: Fachbereich Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften der Universität Lüneburg, 17 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 328).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  7. Published

    Politikrelevante Folgerungen aus Analysen mit wirtschaftsstatistischen Einzeldaten der amtlichen Statistik

    Wagner, J., 2006, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 16 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 16).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  8. Published

    Determinants of trade union membership in Western Germany: evidence from micro data, 1980 - 2000

    Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2003, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 23 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 284).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published
  10. Published

    Betriebs- und Arbeitsplatzdynamik in wissensintensiven Industrien Niedersachsens (1995 - 2001)

    Wagner, J., 2003, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 26 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 287).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers