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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Potential duration of unemployment benefits and labor market outcomes for older workers with health impairments in Germany
Petrunyk, I. & Pfeifer, C., 01.2023, In: Bulletin of Economic Research. 75, 1, p. 111-118 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Physical Attractiveness, Employment, and Wages
Pfeifer, C., 2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 15 p. (University of Lüneburg working paper series in Economics; no. 201).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Physical Attractiveness, Employment and earnings
Pfeifer, C., 04.2012, In: Applied Economics Letters. 19, 6, p. 505-510 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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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Ökologische Nachhaltigkeit und Arbeitsmärkte
Pfeifer, C., 2011, Institutionen ökologischer Nachhaltigkeit: [Tagungsbeiträge (Originalbeiträge) der gleichnamigen Veranstaltung der Evangelischen Akademie Tutzing (9. bis 11. März 2009)]. Held, M., Kubon-Gilke, G. & Sturm, R. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag, Vol. 9. p. 227-244 18 p. (Jahrbuch Normative und institutionelle Grundfragen der Ökonomik; vol. 9).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Non-linear effects of comparison income in quit decisions: status versus signal !
Pfeifer, C. & Schneck, S., 09.2012, In: Labour - Review of labour economics and industrial relations. 26, 3, p. 356-368 13 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, 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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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, Berlin: Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), 27 p. (SOEPpaper; no. 764).Research output: Working paper › Working papers