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

    Careers and productivity in an internal labor market

    Yang, P., Janssen, S., Pfeifer, C. & Backes-Gellner, U., 01.02.2013, In: Journal of Business Economics : JBE. 83, 2, p. 121-143 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. 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

  3. Published

    Works Councils and the Management of Human Resources: Evidence from German Establishment Data

    Pfeifer, C., 02.2014, In: Economic and Industrial Democracy. 35, 1, p. 143-163 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. 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

  5. Published

    Adjustments of Wage-Tenure Profiles with Respect to Entry Age

    Pfeifer, C., 01.02.2013, In: Journal of Business Economics : JBE. 83, 2, p. 171-191 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Cyclical absenteeism among private sector, public sector and self-employed workers

    Pfeifer, C., 03.2013, In: Health Economics. 22, 3, p. 366-370 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. 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

  8. Published

    Base Salaries, Bonus Payments, and Work Absence among Managers in a German Company

    Pfeifer, C., 2012, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 25 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 259).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published

    Vereinbarungen zur Chancengleichheit von Frauen und Männern - Verbreitung und Determinanten in Niedersachsen, West- und Ostdeutschland

    Krüger, S. & Pfeifer, C., 2012, Arbeitsmarkt und Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Niedersachsen: neuere Ergebnisse. Gerlach, K., Hübler, O. & Thomsen, S. (eds.). Hannover: Niedersächsisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, p. 99-116 18 p. (NIW-Vortragsreihe; no. 18).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  10. 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