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. 2017
  2. Published

    Beschäftigungsstruktur und Produktivität: Empirische Befunde für deutsche Unternehmen

    Pfeifer, C. & Wagner, J., 2017, In: Wirtschaftspolitische Blätter. 64, 1, p. 63-70 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. 2016
  4. Published

    Life satisfaction in Germany after reunification: Additional insights on the pattern of convergence

    Petrunyk, I. & Pfeifer, C., 01.03.2016, In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. 236, 2, p. 217-239 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  5. Published

    Intra-firm Wage Compression and Cost Coverage of Training: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

    Pfeifer, C., 03.2016, In: Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 69, 2, p. 435-454 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  6. 2015
  7. Published

    The nexus between top managers’ human capital and firm productivity

    Pfeifer, C., 13.08.2015, In: Applied Economics Letters. 22, 12, p. 982-986 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Unfair wage perceptions and sleep: Evidence from German survey data

    Pfeifer, C., 08.2015, Bonn: IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit, 20 p. (IZA Discussion Paper ; no. 9317).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published
  10. Published

    Differences in adjustment flexibility between regular and temporary agency work

    Pfeifer, C. & Weche Gelübcke, J. P., 2015, In: The Empirical Economics Letters. 14, 5, p. 437-442 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Effective working hours and wages: the case of downward adjustment via paid absenteeism

    Pfeifer, C., 2015, In: Economics Bulletin. 35, 1, p. 612-626 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Life satisfaction in Germany after reunification: Additional insights on the pattern of convergence

    Pfeifer, C. & Petrunyk, I., 2015, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 26 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 337).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  13. Published

    Life satisfaction in Germany after reunification: Additional insights on the pattern of convergence

    Pfeifer, C. & Petrunyk, I., 2015, Bonn: IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit, 25 p. (IZA Discussion Paper; no. 9055).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers