Professorship for Economics, Applied Microeconomics
Organisational unit: Professoship
Organisation profile
The department of Applied Microeconomics analyzes primarily with microeconometric research methods the behavior of individuals and firms in the areas labor, health, and education.
Main research areas
The subsequent questions are for example analyzed:
- How should an incentive compatible incentive scheme be designed?
- What determines labor supply and labor demand?
- What role does fairness play in employment and pay?
- What are the effects of works councils and unions?
- What are the effects of demographic change on employment, pay, productivity, education, and health?
- What determines health and absenteeism of workers?
- What are the effects of risk preferences on health related decisions?
- How can teaching evaluations been used for research in economics of education?
- In how far are gender specific differences rational or discriminatory?
- 2009
The Econometric Society (External organisation)
Pfeifer, C. (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
An intra-firm perspective on wage profiles and employment of older workers
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
08.01.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Institutionen ökologischer Nachhaltigkeit, Evangelische Akademie Tutzing (Keynote) 2009
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
10.03.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
12th Colloquium in Personnel Economics - COPE 2009
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
05.05.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Deferred Compensation Schemes, Fairness Concerns, and Employment of Older Workers
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
09.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Deferred Compensation Schemes, Fairness Concerns, and Employment of Older Workers
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
09.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Antrittsvorlesung, Leuphana University Lüneburg
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
18.09.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Universität Zürich
Pfeifer, C. (Visiting researcher)
26.10.2009 → 29.10.2009Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Managing Turnover
Pfeifer, C. (Lecturer)
27.10.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Effective working hours and wages: the case of downward adjustment via paid absenteeism
Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)
04.11.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research