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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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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Effective working hours and wages: the case of downward adjustment via paid absenteeism
Pfeifer, C., 2015, In: Economics Bulletin. 35, 1, p. 612-626 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Differences in adjustment flexibility between regular and temporary agency work
Pfeifer, C. & Weche Gelübcke, J. P., 2015, In: The Empirical Economics Letters. 14, 5, p. 437-442 6 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
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, 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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Ownership Structure and Firm Performance in the Egyptian Manufacturing Sector
Abdelgouad, A. F., Pfeifer, C. & Weche Gelübcke, J. P., 2014, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 28 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 328).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Before-after differences in labor market outcomes for participants in medical rehabilitation in Germany
Pfeifer, C., Fischer, S., Wiemer, A. & Petrunyk, I., 2014, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 39 p. (Working Paper Series Economics; no. 318).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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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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Determinants of Female Employment in Egyptian Firms
Abdelgouad, A. F. & Pfeifer, C., 2014, In: The Empirical Economics Letters. 13, 12, p. 1267-1275 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Do unfair perceived own pay and top managers’ pay erode satisfaction with democracy?
Pfeifer, C. & Schneck, S., 07.10.2017, In: Applied Economics Letters. 24, 17, p. 1263-1266 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review