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?
- Published
The impact of participation in sports on educational attainment: New evidence from Germany
Pfeifer, C. & Cornelißen, T., 02.2010, In: Economics of Education Review. 29, 1, p. 94-103 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The nexus between top managers’ human capital and firm productivity
Pfeifer, C., 13.08.2015, In: Applied Economics Letters. 22, 12, p. 982-986 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Training participation of a firm's aging workforce
Pfeifer, C., Janssen, S., Yang, P. & Backes-Gellner, U., 2012, In: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training . 4, 2, p. 131-148 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Training participation of a firm´s aging workforce
Pfeifer, C., Janssen, S., Yang, P. & Backes-Gellner, U., 2012, Zürich, Bern: Swiss Leading House Economics of Education, 29 p. (Working Paper ; no. 80).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Training participation of an aging workforce in an internal labor market
Pfeifer, C., Janssen, S., Yang, P. & Backes-Gellner, U., 2010, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, (Working paper series in economics; no. Working Paper No 170).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Unfair wage perceptions and sleep: Evidence from German survey data
Pfeifer, C., 2015, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 20 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 345).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Unfair wage perceptions and sleep: Evidence from German survey data
Pfeifer, C., 2015, In: Journal of Contextual Economics (JCE) - Schmollers Jahrbuch. 135, 4, p. 413-428 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Unfair wage perceptions and sleep: Evidence from German survey data
Pfeifer, C., 08.2015, Bonn: IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit, 20 p. (IZA Discussion Paper ; no. 9317).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Unfair wage perceptions and sleep: Evidence from German survey data
Pfeifer, C., 2015, Bonn: Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), 20 p. (SOEPpapers; no. 789).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Unfair wahrgenommene eigene Entlohnung, Arbeitszufriedenheit und Kündigungsabsicht: Empirische Evidenz auf Basis des SOEPs
Kersting, F. M. & Pfeifer, C., 2013, In: Journal of Contextual Economics (JCE) - Schmollers Jahrbuch. 133, 4, p. 511-538Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review