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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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 paper › Working papers
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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 paper › Working papers
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Is innovative firm behavior correlated with age and gender composition of the workforce ? Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
Pfeifer, C. & Wagner, J., 2012, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 13 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 256).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Aging Workforce, Training Participation, and Training Effects: Evidence from Personnel Data
Pfeifer, C., 28.09.2012, In: Adapt International Bulletin. 29, 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Transfer