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?

  1. 2011
  2. The effects of training on employee suggestions and promotions in an internal labor market

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    23.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. 2012
  4. sneep Podiumsdiskussion

    Pfeifer, C. (Opponent)

    19.01.2012

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

  5. Religious Activity, Risk Taking Preferences, and Financial Economic Behavior: Empirical Evidence from German Survey Data

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    18.04.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Intra-firm Wage Dispersion and Cost Coverage of Training: Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    20.06.201223.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Base Salaries, Bonus Payments, and Absenteeism among Managers in a German Company

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    27.08.201231.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. User Conference IAB Establishment Panel 2012

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    19.10.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. 2013
  10. Journal for Labour Market Research (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Editor)

    2013 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  11. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Chair)

    20132017

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  12. School of Management and Technology (Organisational unit)

    Pfeifer, C. (Chair)

    20132014

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees