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?
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Impact of wages and job levels on worker absenteeism
Pfeifer, C., 2010, In: International Journal of Manpower. 31, 1, p. 59-72 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Intra-firm Wage Compression and Cost Coverage of Training: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Pfeifer, C., 03.2016, In: Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 69, 2, p. 435-454 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Is innovative firm behavior correlated with age and gender composition of the workforce ? Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
Pfeifer, C. & Wagner, J., 2012, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 13 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 256).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Is innovative firm behavior correlated with age and gender composition of the workforce? Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
Pfeifer, C. & Wagner, J., 01.09.2014, In: Journal for Labour Market Research. 47, 3, p. 223-231 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Life satisfaction and the consumption values of partners and friends: Empirical evidence from German panel survey data
Pfeifer, C., 2013, In: Economics Bulletin. 33, 4, p. 3131-3142 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Life satisfaction in Germany after reunification: Additional insights on the pattern of convergence
Petrunyk, I. & Pfeifer, C., 01.03.2016, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 236, 2, p. 217-239 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Life satisfaction in Germany after reunification: Additional insights on the pattern of convergence
Pfeifer, C. & Petrunyk, I., 2015, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 26 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 337).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Life satisfaction in Germany after reunification: Additional insights on the pattern of convergence
Pfeifer, C. & Petrunyk, I., 2015, Bonn: IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit, 25 p. (IZA Discussion Paper; no. 9055).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Life satisfaction in Germany after reunification: Additional insights on the pattern of convergence
Pfeifer, C. & Petrunyk, I., 2015, Berlin: Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), 27 p. (SOEPpaper; no. 764).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Non-linear effects of comparison income in quit decisions: status versus signal !
Pfeifer, C. & Schneck, S., 09.2012, In: Labour - Review of labour economics and industrial relations. 26, 3, p. 356-368 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review