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. 2007
  2. Chair for Business and Personnel Economics, University of Zurich

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    12.06.2007

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. 10th Colloquium in Personnel Economics

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    01.03.2007

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Association of Economic Researchers at Leibniz University Hannover (External organisation)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  5. Economic and Industrial Democracy (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  6. European Association of Labour Economics (External organisation)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  7. European Economic Association (External organisation)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  8. German Economic Review (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  9. Human Relations (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  10. Industrielle Beziehungen (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  11. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  12. Journal for Labour Market Research (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  13. Journal of Contextual Economics (JCE) - Schmollers Jahrbuch (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  14. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  15. Journal of Labor Research (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  16. Labour Economics (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  17. Peace Science and Public Policy (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  18. Spring Meeting of Young Economists - 2008 (Event)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  19. Verein für Socialpolitik e.V. (External organisation)

    Pfeifer, C. (Member)

    2007 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  20. WSI-Mitteilungen (Journal)

    Pfeifer, C. (Reviewer)

    2007 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  21. 2006
  22. Workshop „Labour and Fairness“ - 2006

    Pfeifer, C. (Speaker)

    02.12.2006

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