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

    Firms’ wage structures, workers’ fairness perceptions, job satisfaction and turnover intentions: Evidence from linked employer-employee data

    Mohrenweiser, J. & Pfeifer, C., 2019, Bonn: IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit, 31 p. (Discussion paper series; no. 12821).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  2. Published

    Firms’ Use of Temporary Employment and Permanent Workers’ Concerns about Job Security: Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data

    Pfeifer, C. & Mohrenweiser, J., 01.08.2023, In: Economies. 11, 8, 12 p., 205.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Explaining Age and Gender Differences in Employment Rates: A Labor Supply Side Perspective

    Humpert, S. & Pfeifer, C., 09.2011, Book of Abstracts - EALE Cyprus 22-24 September 2011. 1 ed. p. 31 1 p.

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

  4. Published

    Explaining Age and Gender Differences in Employment Rates: A Labor Supply Side Perspective

    Humpert, S. & Pfeifer, C., 08.2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 66 p. (University of Lüneburg working paper series in economics; no. 214).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    Explaining Age and Gender Differences in Employment Rates: A Labor Supply Side Perspective

    Humpert, S. & Pfeifer, C., 27.06.2012, Berlin: Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), 66 p. (SOEPpaper on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research; no. 449).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    Explaining age and gender differences in employment rates: a labor supply side perspective

    Humpert, S. & Pfeifer, C., 01.03.2013, In: Journal for Labour Market Research. 46, 1, p. 1-17 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

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

    Pfeifer, C., Yang, P., Janssen, S. & Backes-Gellner, U., 2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 26 p. (University of Lüneburg working paper series in Econonomics ; no. 202).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  8. 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

  9. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Editorial: Effects of the Introduction of the Statutory Minimum Wage in Germany

    Dütsch, M., Himmelreicher, R., Pfeifer, C. & Wunsch, C., 25.02.2020, In: Jahrbucher für Nationalokonomie und Statistik. 240, 2-3, p. 155-160 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research