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

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Unemployment’s Life-Satisfaction Cost and Loneliness

    Friehe, T. & Pfeifer, C., 08.2025, In: Journal of Happiness Studies. 26, 6, 27 p., 102.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    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 paperWorking papers

  4. Published

    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 paperWorking papers

  5. 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

  6. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. 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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    The Impact of Industrial Relations and Wage Structures on Repayment Agreements for Employer-financed Training

    Pfeifer, C., 2012, In: Economics Bulletin. 32, 4, p. 3287-3297 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    The Heterogeneous Economic Consequences of Works Council Relations

    Pfeifer, C., 2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 19 p. (Working paper series in Econonomics ; no. 203).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  10. Published

    The heterogeneous economic consequences of work council relations

    Pfeifer, C., 2011, In: Journal of Contextual Economics (JCE) - Schmollers Jahrbuch. 131, 1, p. 59-71 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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Researchers

  1. Bettina Ohse

Publications

  1. Understanding the first-offer conundrum: How buyer offers impact sale price and impasse risk in 26 million eBay negotiations
  2. Betriebliche Mitbestimmung vier Jahre nach der Reform des BetrVG
  3. Wood-pasture management in southern Transylvania (Romania)
  4. Vertrag über die Europäische Union (EUV) : Artikel 12 [Handlungsformen]
  5. Kollektive Gefährdungslage Corona – Die Pandemie in der Asylrechtsprechung am Beispiel Afghanistan
  6. Socio-cultural valuation of ecosystem services
  7. Energiewende Erst reden, dann roden!
  8. Relationships between climate, productivity and vegetation in southern mongolian drylands
  9. Diagnosen der Moderne
  10. Special Issue: Weimar Photography: Bauhaus, Cultural Difference, Exile: Part 1
  11. Zukunftslabor Produktion
  12. Die Evaluation von Mündlichkeit
  13. Zur Integration von Wissenschaft und Praxis als Forschungsmodus
  14. Hin zu mehr sozialer Netzwerkverantwortlichkeit in der globalen Bekleidungsindustrie
  15. Derridas Doppelzüngigkeit. Zur Übersetzbarkeit von Schlangenwendungen
  16. Parlamentarismus
  17. The tyranny of coarse scales in sustainability science and policy
  18. Kulturpolitik und Digitalität
  19. Der Traum vom „besseren“ Menschen
  20. Bildungskooperation international
  21. Verantwortung für historisches Unrecht
  22. Triathlon - ein Wechsel zwischen Disziplinen als Inhalt eines variablen Kinderleichtathletiktrainings
  23. Ausgefüllt, ausgewertet und abgelegt?
  24. Settingbasierte Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention in Deutschland
  25. Die Haftung der Dritten Gewalt - Haftung als Baustein einer judicial accountability
  26. Corporate Volunteering in Germany
  27. Stieftöchter der Psychoanalyse? Ellen Key, Hermine Hug-Hellmuth und Charlotte Bühler
  28. "Wahrheit für die Phantasie"
  29. Global steam coal markets until 2030
  30. The speech act of ‘offers’ in Irish English
  31. Lehren für und Lernen in heterogene(n) Gruppen