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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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 paper › Working papers
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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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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 paper › Working papers
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The Heterogeneous Economic Consequences of Works Council Relations
Pfeifer, C., 2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 19 p. (Working paper series in Econonomics ; no. 203).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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Impact of wages and job levels on worker absenteeism
Pfeifer, C., 2010, In: International Journal of Manpower. 31, 1, p. 59-72 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Relative wage positions and quit behavior: evidence from linked employer-employee data
Pfeifer, C. & Schneck, S., 01.2012, In: Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 65, 1, p. 126-147 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The impact of participation in sports on educational attainment: New evidence from Germany
Pfeifer, C. & Cornelißen, T., 02.2010, In: Economics of Education Review. 29, 1, p. 94-103 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Determinants of promotions in an internal labour market: testing implications from tournament theory and efficient allocation
Pfeifer, C., 2010, In: Schmalenbach Business Review. 62, 1, p. 342-358 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The heterogeneous economic consequences of work council relations
Pfeifer, C., 2011, In: Journal of Contextual Economics (JCE) - Schmollers Jahrbuch. 131, 1, p. 59-71 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review