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

    The effects of training on employee suggestions and promotions in an internal labor market

    Pfeifer, C., 2011, Book of abstracs: EALE, cyprus 22-24 September 2011. European Association of Labour Economists, p. 34 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Temporary Agency Work and Firm Performance: A Replication Study with Extensions

    Pfeifer, C. & Weche, J. P., 01.08.2020, In: Jahrbucher für Nationalokonomie und Statistik. 240, 4, p. 455-465 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  3. Published

    Students' Time Allocation and School Performance: A Comparison between Student Jobs, Sports and Music Participation

    Pfeifer, C. & Seidel, K., 25.10.2020, In: Jahrbucher für Nationalokonomie und Statistik. 240, 5, p. 607-652 46 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Shortening the potential duration of unemployment benefits and labor market outcomes: Evidence from a natural experiment in Germany

    Petrunyk, I. & Pfeifer, C., 01.2018, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 48 p. (University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 377).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    Risk Aversion and Sorting into Public Sector Employment

    Pfeifer, C., 01.02.2011, In: German Economic Review. 12, 1, p. 85-99 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Religious activity, risk-taking preferences and financial behaviour: Empirical evidence from German survey data

    León, A. K. & Pfeifer, C., 01.08.2017, In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. 69, p. 99-107 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Relative wage positions and quit behavior: new evidence from linked employer-employee data

    Pfeifer, C. & Schneck, S., 2010, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 47 p. (Working paper series in Economics; no. 163).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  8. Published

    Relative wage positions and quit behavior: evidence from linked employer-employee data

    Pfeifer, C. & Schneck, S., 01.2012, In: Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 65, 1, p. 126-147 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Reference wages and turnover intentions: evidence from linked employer-employee data

    Mohrenweiser, J. & Pfeifer, C., 2023, In: Applied Economics Letters. 30, 14, p. 1955-1959 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Predicting satisfaction with democracy in Germany using local economic conditions, social capital, and individual characteristics

    Friehe, T. & Pfeifer, C., 09.2024, In: Economics of Governance. 25, 3, p. 335-377 43 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review