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?
- 2020
- Published
Greater fit and a greater gap: How environmental support for entrepreneurship increases the life satisfaction gap between entrepreneurs and employees
Brieger, S. A., De Clercq, D., Hessels, J. & Pfeifer, C., 28.05.2020, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. 26, 4, p. 561-594 34 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 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 contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
- 2019
- 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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 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 paper › Working papers
- 2018
- 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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 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 paper › Working papers
- 2017
- 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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Do workers perceive high wage settlements of craft unions as fair?
Pfeifer, C., Stephan, G., Dütsch, M. & Struck, O., 02.09.2017, In: Applied Economics Letters. 24, 15, p. 1093-1096 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review