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

    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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Published

    Why women do not ask: Gender differences in fairness perceptions of own wages and subsequent wage growth

    Pfeifer, C. & Stephan, G., 29.03.2019, In: Cambridge Journal of Economics. 43, 2, p. 295-310 16 p., bey035.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. 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

  6. Published

    An empirical note on commuting distance and sleep during workweek and weekend

    Pfeifer, C., 01.2018, In: Bulletin of Economic Research. 70, 1, p. 97-102 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. 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

  8. Published

    Beschäftigungsstruktur und Produktivität: Empirische Befunde für deutsche Unternehmen

    Pfeifer, C. & Wagner, J., 2017, In: Wirtschaftspolitische Blätter. 64, 1, p. 63-70 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    “Have you felt angry lately?”: A note on unfair wage perceptions and the negative emotion of anger

    Pfeifer, C., 01.04.2017, In: Bulletin of Economic Research. 69, 2, p. 124-137 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review