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. 2010
  2. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    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 paperWorking papers

  7. Published

    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 paperWorking papers

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