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. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    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 contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  3. Published

    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 paperWorking papers

  4. Published
  5. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    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 contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  7. Published

    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 paperWorking papers

  8. Published

    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 paperWorking papers

  9. Published

    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 paperWorking papers

  10. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review