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

    Do exporters really pay higher wages? first evidence from German linked employer-employee data

    Schank, T., Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 06.2006, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 35 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 28).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  2. Published

    Regional growth strategies: fiscal versus institutional governmental policies

    Ott, I. & Soretz, S., 2006, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 27 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 30).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. Published

    Productivity and size of the export market: evidence for West and East German plants 2004

    Wagner, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 9 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 43).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. Published

    Why more West than East German firms export

    Wagner, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 13 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 42).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    Entry, exit and productivity: empirical results for German manufacturing industries

    Wagner, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 16 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 44).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    Governmental activity, integration, and agglomeration

    Ott, I. & Soretz, S., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 30 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 57).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  7. Published

    Forschungsbericht 2006

    Wagner, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 30 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 38).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  8. Published

    Sind mittelständische Betriebe der Jobmotor der deutschen Wirtschaft?

    Wagner, J., Koller, L. & Schnabel, C., 2007, Erlangen: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 15 p. (Diskussionspapiere; no. 54).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published

    The causal effects of exports on firm size and labor productivity: first evidence from a matching approach

    Wagner, J., 2001, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 9 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 247).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  10. Published

    The course of research into the economic consequences of German works councils

    Schnabel, C., Wagner, J. & Addison, J. T., 2003, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 284 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 292).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers