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

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Works Councils and the Management of Human Resources: Evidence from German Establishment Data

    Pfeifer, C., 02.2014, In: Economic and Industrial Democracy. 35, 1, p. 143-163 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Effects of training on employee suggestions and promotions

    Pfeifer, C., Janssen, S., Yang, P. & Backes-Gellner, U., 2013, In: Schmalenbach Business Review. 65, 3, p. 270-288 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Adjustments of Wage-Tenure Profiles with Respect to Entry Age

    Pfeifer, C., 01.02.2013, In: Journal of Business Economics : JBE. 83, 2, p. 171-191 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Cyclical absenteeism among private sector, public sector and self-employed workers

    Pfeifer, C., 03.2013, In: Health Economics. 22, 3, p. 366-370 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    A Note on Dual Internal Labor Markets and Wages of Temporary Workers: Evidence from Linked-Employer-Employee Data

    Pfeifer, C., 06.2014, In: Journal of Labor Research. 35, 2, p. 133-142 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Age and gender effects of workforce composition on productivity and profits: Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises

    Pfeifer, C. & Wagner, J., 31.03.2014, In: Contemporary Economics. 8, 1, p. 25-46 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published
  9. Published

    Ownership Structure and Firm Performance in the Egyptian Manufacturing Sector

    Abdelgouad, A. F., Pfeifer, C. & Weche Gelübcke, J. P., 2015, In: Economics Bulletin. 35, 4, p. 2197-2212 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. 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

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  1. Carolyn Blume

Publications

  1. Notting Hill Gate 4
  2. From the Substantive to the Ceremonial
  3. Darstellung der Referenzarbeit "Schmidt, Torben (2007) Gemeinsames Lernen mit Selbstlernsoftware im Englischunterricht"
  4. Nachhaltiger Ressourcenschutz und Recht
  5. Political Culture
  6. Fundamental social motives measured across forty-two cultures in two waves
  7. Personality Effects on Children’s Speech in Everyday Life
  8. Effects of Institutions on Human Capital Investment: A Comparison of Policies in Japan, Germany and the USA
  9. Vielfalt in der Schuldenberatung
  10. Kommentierung Präambel AEUV
  11. Stadtverkehrsrevolution Pedelec
  12. Empowering women
  13. Riparian Atlantic Forest restoration: water table depth and planting spacing affected the growth of planted trees
  14. Rechtschreibunterricht innovieren. Wie die Zusammenarbeit in einer „Community of Practice“ die Unterrichtspraxis von Lehrpersonen verändert
  15. Parteien in parlamentarischen Demokratien: das Lebenswerk von Peter Mair
  16. Governing global telecoupling toward environmental sustainability
  17. Sammelrezension zum Thema „Fallbasiertes Lernen in der Lehrerinnen- und Lehrerbildung
  18. Lewis A. Coser. Refugee scholars in America: Their impact and their experiences. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1984. xviii + 351 pp. (cloth)
  19. Lautheitsurteil und akustischer Kontext
  20. Die Grundschul-Bibel
  21. Führung von Rückkehrern aus dem Ausland zur Unterstützung des Wissenstransfers
  22. Eine neue Zeit bricht an
  23. Dem Wissenschafts-Kult aufs Maul geschaut
  24. Finale - Prüfungstraining Hauptschulabschluss Nordrhein-Westfalen
  25. Gravierende Irrtümer der Flusskonferenz vom 15. September 2002
  26. Der Fall Trawny
  27. Unterricht theorie- und evidenzbasiert analysieren und gestalten.
  28. Inside-out sustainability
  29. Outdoor education in school curricula
  30. Ecopreneure haben eine Schlüsselrolle
  31. Berufliche Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung – Whole School Approach und Unterrichtsgestaltung an berufsbildenden Schulen
  32. The interplay of social rank perceptions of Trump and Biden and emotions following the U.S. presidential election 2020
  33. Erdölmärkte zwischen Corona-Krise, Preiskrieg und Förderkürzung