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?
- 2013
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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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Life satisfaction and the consumption values of partners and friends: Empirical evidence from German panel survey data
Pfeifer, C., 2013, In: Economics Bulletin. 33, 4, p. 3131-3142 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Unfair wahrgenommene eigene Entlohnung, Arbeitszufriedenheit und Kündigungsabsicht: Empirische Evidenz auf Basis des SOEPs
Kersting, F. M. & Pfeifer, C., 2013, In: Journal of Contextual Economics (JCE) - Schmollers Jahrbuch. 133, 4, p. 511-538Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2012
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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
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Non-linear effects of comparison income in quit decisions: status versus signal !
Pfeifer, C. & Schneck, S., 09.2012, In: Labour - Review of labour economics and industrial relations. 26, 3, p. 356-368 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A Note on Smoking Behavior and Health Risk Taking
Pfeifer, C., 01.07.2012, In: Nordic Journal of Health Economics. 1, 2, p. 135-151 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Fixed-term Contracts and Wages Revisited Using Linked Employer-Employee Data from Germany
Pfeifer, C., 01.07.2012, In: Journal for Labour Market Research. 45, 2, p. 171-183 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Explaining Age and Gender Differences in Employment Rates: A Labor Supply Side Perspective
Humpert, S. & Pfeifer, C., 27.06.2012, Berlin: Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), 66 p. (SOEPpaper on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research; no. 449).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Physical Attractiveness, Employment and earnings
Pfeifer, C., 04.2012, In: Applied Economics Letters. 19, 6, p. 505-510 6 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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Age and gender composition of the workforce, productivity and profits: Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
Pfeifer, C. & Wagner, J., 2012, Bonn: IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit, 36 p. (IZA Discussion Paper; no. 6381).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Age and gender composition of the workforce, productivity and profits: Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
Pfeifer, C. & Wagner, J., 2012, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 36 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 232).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Ambiguous Effects of Risk Aversion on Healthy Nutrition
Pfeifer, C., 2012, In: The Empirical Economics Letters. 11, 10, p. 991-997 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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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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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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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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 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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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
- 2011
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Explaining Age and Gender Differences in Employment Rates: A Labor Supply Side Perspective
Humpert, S. & Pfeifer, C., 09.2011, Book of Abstracts - EALE Cyprus 22-24 September 2011. 1 ed. p. 31 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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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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Works councils, union bargaining and quits in German firms
Pfeifer, C., 05.2011, In: Economic and Industrial Democracy. 32, 2, p. 243-260 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Handicaps in job assignment: insiders, outsiders and gender
Pfeifer, C., 03.2011, In: Journal of Labor Research. 32, 1, p. 1-20 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Risk Aversion and Sorting into Public Sector Employment
Pfeifer, C., 01.02.2011, In: German Economic Review. 12, 1, p. 85-99 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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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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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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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The effects of training on employee suggestions and promotions in an internal labor market
Pfeifer, C., 2011, Book of abstracs: EALE, cyprus 22-24 September 2011. European Association of Labour Economists, p. 34 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › 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
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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
- 2010
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Work effort during and after employment probation: Evidence from German personnel data
Pfeifer, C., 01.02.2010, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 230, 1, p. 77-91 15 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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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: new evidence from linked employer-employee data
Pfeifer, C. & Schneck, S., 2010, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 47 p. (Working paper series in Economics; no. 163).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Training participation of an aging workforce in an internal labor market
Pfeifer, C., Janssen, S., Yang, P. & Backes-Gellner, U., 2010, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, (Working paper series in economics; no. Working Paper No 170).Research output: Working paper › Working papers