Friedhelm Pfeiffer

Database of protein sequence alignments: PIR-ALN (2007)

Geetha Y. Srinivasarao, Christopher R. Marzec, Bruce C. Orcutt, Winona C. Barker, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

The Protein Information Resource (PIR) has been maintaining a database of curated protein sequence alignments since 1991. The collection includes superfamily, family and homology domain alignments....

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Winona C. Barker, John S. Garavelli, Hongzhan Huang, Peter B. Mcgarvey, Bruce C. Orcutt, Geetha Y. Srinivasarao, ...

The Protein Information Resource (PIR) produces the largest, most comprehensive, annotated protein sequence database in the public domain, the PIRInternational Protein Sequence Database, in...

Distributional effects of the high school degree in Germany (2007)

Gernandt, Johannes, Maier, Michael, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Rat-Wirtzler, Julie

This paper investigates the impact of a high school degree on the wage distribution in the period from 1984 to 2004 in Germany. In that period the share of male workers with a high school degree...

The genome of the square archaeon Haloquadratum walsbyi : life at the limits of water activity (2006)

Bolhuis, Henk, Palm, Peter, Wende, Andy, Falb, Michaela, Rampp, Markus, Rodriguez-Valera, Francisco, ...

Abstract Background The square halophilic archaeon Haloquadratum walsbyi dominates NaCl-saturated and MgCl 2 enriched aquatic ecosystems, which imposes a serious desiccation stress, caused by the...

Rising Wage Inequality in Germany (2006)

Gernandt, Johannes, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

This paper investigates the evolution of wages and the recent tendency to rising wage inequality in Germany, based on the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) for 1984 to 2004. Between 1984 and 1994...

Abschreibungsraten allgemeiner und beruflicher Ausbildungsinhalte (2005)

Ludwig, Volker, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

In dieser Arbeit werden Abschreibungsraten allgemeiner und beruflicher Ausbildungsinhalte im Erwerbsleben untersucht. Es wird analysiert, ob die Ausbildungsinhalte des Dualen Ausbildungssystems im...

Einstiegslöhne bei unvollkommenen Arbeitsmärkten (2005)

Gernandt, Johannes, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden die Bestimmungsgründe von Einstiegslöhnen, sowie das Ausmaß von Lohnrigiditäten und der daraus abgeleiteten Höhe der Lohnaufschwemmung in der Gruppe der...

Living with two extremes: Conclusions from the genome sequence of Natronomonas pharaonis (2005)

Falb, Michaela, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Palm, Peter, Rodewald, Karin, Hickmann, Volker, Tittor, Jörg, ...

Natronomonas pharaonis is an extremely haloalkaliphilic archaeon that was isolated from salt-saturated lakes of pH 11. We sequenced its 2.6-Mb GC-rich chromosome and two plasmids (131 and 23 kb)....

Living with two extremes: Conclusions from the genome sequence of Natronomonas pharaonis (2005)

Falb, Michaela, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Palm, Peter, Rodewald, Karin, Hickmann, Volker, Tittor, Jörg, ...

Natronomonas pharaonis is an extremely haloalkaliphilic archaeon that was isolated from salt-saturated lakes of pH 11. We sequenced its 2.6-Mb GC-rich chromosome and two plasmids (131 and 23 kb)....

Human Capital and Innovation in East and West-German Manufacturing Firms (2004)

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

The paper analyses the theoretical and empirical relationship between employment, skill structure and innovation in East and West German manufacturing firms. The econometric part builds on firm data...

Die gemeinnützige Arbeitnehmerüberlassung in Rheinland-Pfalz - eine ökonometrische Analyse des Wiedereingliederungserfolgs (2004)

Almus, Matthias, Egeln, Jürgen, Lechner, Michael, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Spengler, Hannes

Dieser Beitrag stellt ausgewählte Ergebnisse des vom Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) im Auftrag des IAB und des Ministeriums für Arbeit und Soziales Rheinland-Pfalz...

Berufliche Weiterbildung und Existenzgründung (2004)

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Reize, Frank

In Deutschland werden vielfach hohe Anforderungen an die berufliche Qualifikation von Existenzgründern gestellt. Im Handwerk, aber auch in bestimmten freiberuflich organisierten Tätigkeitsbereichen...

Existenzgründerpotentiale unter Arbeitsuchenden: Empirische Evidenz auf der Basis des Mikrozensus (2004)

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

Über das Potential an Existenzgründern in Deutschland gibt es wenige verläßlicheZahlen. Dieses Potential hängt entscheidend von der Attraktivität und Verfügbarkeit von Arbeitnehmerstellen als...

Employment Impacts of Cleaner Production - Evidence from a German Study Using Case Studies and Surveys (2004)

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Rennings, Klaus

The study assesses net employment effects of technical progress which can be expected by the ongoing transition from end-of-pipe technologies towards cleaner production. Empirical evidence is...

The Impact of Non-profit Temping Agencies on Individual Labour Market Success in the West German State of Rhineland-Palatinate (2004)

Lechner, Michael, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Spengler, Hannes, Almus, Matthias

The paper presents an econometric evaluation of the effects of subsidised non-profit temporary employment agencies - a programme of the West German active labour market policy - on individual labour...

Formelle und informelle berufliche Weiterbildung und Verdienst bei Arbeitnehmern und Selbständigen (2004)

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Reize, Frank

Investitionen in Weiterbildung werden typischerweise durch die erwartete Zunahme individueller Fähigkeiten motiviert. In dieser Arbeit wird untersucht, von welchen sozio-ökonomischen und...

Tarifverträge und Beschäftigungspolitik in Dienstleistungsunternehmen (2004)

Kaiser, Ulrich, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

Der Beitrag untersucht die Verbreitung von Tarifverträgen in Dienstleistungsunternehmen sowie deren Wirkungen auf die Beschäftigungspolitik im Falle von Nachfrageschwankungen. Der empirische Teil...

Collective Wage Agreements and Adjustments in German Services Firms (2004)

Kaiser, Ulrich, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

There is a growing concern about collective wage agreement and employment dynamics in Germany. In this paper, evidence is provided on the way collective wage agreements affect the adjustment of...

Training and Individual Performance in Europe: Evidence from Microeconometric Studies (2004)

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

Learning at school and university and also at the work place has become more important in the knowledge-based economy. This paper provides a critical review of recent econometric work on the...

Tarifbindung und die ökonomische Rationalität von Lohnrigiditäten (2004)

Franz, Wolfgang, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

Eine träge Anpassungsgeschwindigkeit der Löhne zu einem markträumenden Gleichgewicht bildet nicht nur ein konstitutives Element einer Klasse von makrotheoretischen Ansätzen...

The Rationale for Wage Rigidity: Survey Evidence from German and US Firms (2004)

Franz, Wolfgang, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

The study provides evidence for the rationale of wage rigidity in Germany compared to the United States. Based on a survey of 801 firms, we extend the study of Campbell and Kanlani (1997, this...

Returns to Education and Individual Heterogeneity (2004)

Maier, Michael, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Pohlmeier, Winfried

In this paper, human capital investments are evaluated by assuming heterogeneous returns to education. We use the potential outcome approach to measure the causal effect of human capital investments...

Ausmaß und Konsequenzen von Lohnrigiditäten (2004)

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

In diesem Beitrag werden Ausmaß und Konsequenzen von nominalen und tariflichenLohnrigiditäten mikroökonomisch und mikroökonometrisch untersucht. DieAnalyse verdeutlicht, dass in Deutschland...

BIOINFORMATICS ORIGINAL PAPER (2004)

Genome Analysis, Daniela Bartels, Sebastian Kespohl, Stefan Albaum, Tanja Drüke, Er Goesmann, ...

BACCardI—a tool for the validation of genomic assemblies, assisting genome finishing and intergenome comparison

BACCardI - a tool for the validation of genomic assemblies, assisting genome finishing and intergenome comparison (2004)

Bartels, Daniela, Kespohl, Sebastian, Albaum, Stefan, Drüke, Tanja, Goesmann, Alexander, Herold, Julia, ...

Motivation: Genomic assemblies generated from sequence information need to be validated by independent methods such as physical maps. The time-consuming task of building physical maps can be...

BACCardI - a tool for the validation of genomic assemblies, assisting genome finishing and intergenome comparison (2004)

Bartels, Daniela, Kespohl, Sebastian, Albaum, Stefan, Drüke, Tanja, Goesmann, Alexander, Herold, Julia, ...

Motivation: Genomic assemblies generated from sequence information need to be validated by independent methods such as physical maps. The time-consuming task of building physical maps can be...

Overeducation and Individual Heterogeneity (2003)

Maier, Michael, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Pohlmeier, Winfried

In this paper, the efficiency of human capital investments is evaluated in the light of inadequate educational careers and skill obsolescence. Assuming heterogeneous returns to schooling and...

Lohnrigiditäten im gemischten Lohnbildungssystem / (2003)

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm.

Zugl.: Mannheim, Universiẗat, Habil.-Schr., 2002.

Overeducation and Individual Heterogeneity (2003)

Maier, Michael, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Pohlmeier, Winfried

In this paper, the efficiency of human capital investments is evaluated in the light of inadequate educational careers and skill obsolescence. Assuming heterogeneous returns to schooling and...

The Impact of Non-profit Temping Agencies on Individual Labour Market Success in the West German State of Rhineland-Palatinate (2001)

Matthias Almus, Michael Lechner, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Hannes Spengler

The paper presents an econometric evaluation of the effects of subsidised non-profit temporary employment agencies - a programme of the West German active labour market policy - on individual labour...

Econometric Evaluation of Labour Market Policies (2001)

Michael Lechner, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

Not available in German order form Contents: author(s) title of paper • Heckman, J.J. Vytlacil, E.J. Instrumental variables, selection models and tight bounds on the average treatment effect •...

Protein Information Resource: a community resource for expert annotation of protein data (2001)

Barker, Winona C., Garavelli, John S., Hou, Zhenglin, Huang, Hongzhan, Ledley, Robert S., McGarvey, Peter B., ...

The Protein Information Resource, in collaboration with the Munich Information Center for Protein Sequences (MIPS) and the Japan International Protein Information Database (JIPID), produces the most...

The Protein Information Resource (PIR) (2000)

Barker, Winona C., Garavelli, John S., Huang, Hongzhan, McGarvey, Peter B., Orcutt, Bruce C., Srinivasarao, Geetha Y., ...

The Protein Information Resource (PIR) produces the largest, most comprehensive, annotated protein sequence database in the public domain, the PIR-International Protein Sequence Database, in...

Wirkungen gemeinnütziger Arbeitnehmerüberlassung in Rheinland-Pfalz (1998)

Matthias Almus, Juergen Egeln, Michael Lechner, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Hannes Spengler

Dieser Beitrag ist eine überarbeitete Fassung des Schlußberichtes zum Forschungsprojekt "Arbeitsplatzeffekte gemeinnütziger Arbeitnehmerüberlassungen in Rheinland-Pfalz" (IAB-Projekt 10-483 A),...

Die gemeinnützige Arbeitnehmerüberlassung in Rheinland-Pfalz – eine ökonometrische Analyse des Wiedereingliederungserfolgs (1998)

Matthias Almus, Juergen Egeln, Michael Lechner, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Hannes Spengler

Dieser Beitrag stellt ausgewählte Ergebnisse des vom Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) im Auftrag des IAB und des Ministeriums für Arbeit und Soziales Rheinland-Pfalz...

The PIR-International Protein Sequence Database (1998)

Winona C. Barker, John S. Garavelli, Daniel H. Haft, Lois T. Hunt, Christopher R. Marzec, Bruce C. Orcutt, ...

From its origin the Protein Information Resource (http://www-nbrf.georgetown.edu/pir/ ) has supported research on evolution and computational biology by designing and compiling a comprehensive,...

The PIR-International protein sequence database (1996)

David G. George, Winona C. Barker, Hans-werner Mewes, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Akira Tsugita

From its origin the Protein Sequence Database has been designed to support research and has focused on comprehensive coverage, quality control and organization of the data in accordance with...

Planning for Self-Employment at the Beginning of a Market Economy: Evidence from Individual Data of East German Workers (1993)

Michael Lechner, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

Not available in German. We investigate the plans of individual workers concerning future self-employment in the former German Democratic Republic shortly before the economic, monetary and social...

Expected Job Loss in East Germany Shortly Before German Unification (1993)

Michael Lechner, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Linda GieseckeO'Shea

Not available in German. We investigate expectations concerning future job loss in former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) shortly before the economic, monetary and social union in July...

Die orbitalen Komplikationen der Nasennebenhöhlenerkrankungen. (1948)

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm.

Tübingen, Med. F., Diss. v. 27. Okt. 1948 (Nicht f. d. Austausch).

Reasons for Wage Rigidity in Germany

Wolfgang Franz, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

This study investigates institutional and economic reasons for downward wage rigidity regarding three occupational skill groups. Based on a survey of 801 firms in Germany and an econometric analysis,...

Protein Information Resource: a community resource for expert annotation of protein data

Barker, Winona C., Garavelli, John S., Hou, Zhenglin, Huang, Hongzhan, Ledley, Robert S., McGarvey, Peter B., ...

The Protein Information Resource, in collaboration with the Munich Information Center for Protein Sequences (MIPS) and the Japan International Protein Information Database (JIPID), produces the most...

The Protein Information Resource (PIR)

Barker, Winona C., Garavelli, John S., Huang, Hongzhan, McGarvey, Peter B., Orcutt, Bruce C., Srinivasarao, Geetha Y., ...

The Protein Information Resource (PIR) produces the largest, most comprehensive, annotated protein sequence database in the public domain, the PIR-International Protein Sequence Database, in...

Living with two extremes: Conclusions from the genome sequence of Natronomonas pharaonis

Falb, Michaela, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Palm, Peter, Rodewald, Karin, Hickmann, Volker, Tittor, Jörg, ...

Natronomonas pharaonis is an extremely haloalkaliphilic archaeon that was isolated from salt-saturated lakes of pH 11. We sequenced its 2.6-Mb GC-rich chromosome and two plasmids (131 and 23 kb)....

Reasons for Wage Rigidity in Germany

Wolfgang Franz, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

This study investigates institutional and economic reasons for downward wage rigidity regarding three occupational skill groups. Based on a survey of 801 firms in Germany and an econometric analysis,...

Vermittlungsgutscheine: Zwischenergebnisse der Begleitforschung 2004 : Teil 1: Datenstruktur und deskriptive Analysen

Heinze, Anja, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Spermann, Alexander, Winterhager, Henrik, Wuppermann, Amelie

"In dem Forschungsbericht werden die Datensätze der Bundesagentur für Arbeit vorgestellt, die für die mikroökonometrischen Untersuchungen zur Verfügung stehen. Es handelt sich insbesondere um...

Vermittlungsgutscheine: Zwischenergebnisse der Begleitforschung 2004 : Teil 3: Mikroökonomische Wirkungsanalyse

Heinze, Anja, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Spermann, Alexander, Winterhager, Henrik

"Aufbauend auf den Mikrodaten werden in dem Forschungsbericht die Determinanten der Ausgabe von Vermittlungsgutscheinen und deren direkte Wirkungen auf der Individualebene untersucht. Die Analysen...

Vermittlungsgutscheine: Zwischenergebnisse der Begleitforschung 2004 : Teil 5: Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Winterhager, Henrik

"Zur Bewertung des Ressourceneinsatzes der Bundesagentur für Arbeit wird eine fiskalische Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse (KNA) auf Basis der Mikro- und Makroanalyse durchgeführt. Bei der Berechnung der...

Existenzgründungen: Ein Weg zur Beschäftigungsförderung? (Firm foundation * a way to enhance employment?)

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

"This article discusses from an economic point of view, both theoretically and empirically, whether firm foundation enhances employment, taking into account public regulation and promotion of firm...

Protein Information Resource: a community resource for expert annotation of protein data

Barker, Winona C., Garavelli, John S., Hou, Zhenglin, Huang, Hongzhan, Ledley, Robert S., McGarvey, Peter B., ...

The Protein Information Resource, in collaboration with the Munich Information Center for Protein Sequences (MIPS) and the Japan International Protein Information Database (JIPID), produces the most...

The Protein Information Resource (PIR)

Barker, Winona C., Garavelli, John S., Huang, Hongzhan, McGarvey, Peter B., Orcutt, Bruce C., Srinivasarao, Geetha Y., ...

The Protein Information Resource (PIR) produces the largest, most comprehensive, annotated protein sequence database in the public domain, the PIR-International Protein Sequence Database, in...

Living with two extremes: Conclusions from the genome sequence of Natronomonas pharaonis

Falb, Michaela, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Palm, Peter, Rodewald, Karin, Hickmann, Volker, Tittor, Jörg, ...

Natronomonas pharaonis is an extremely haloalkaliphilic archaeon that was isolated from salt-saturated lakes of pH 11. We sequenced its 2.6-Mb GC-rich chromosome and two plasmids (131 and 23 kb)....

Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of the Biosynthesis of Glutamine and Glutamate, Two Major Compatible Solutes in the Moderately Halophilic Bacterium Halobacillus halophilus†

Saum, Stephan H., Sydow, Jasmin F., Palm, Peter, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Oesterhelt, Dieter, Müller, Volker

The moderately halophilic, chloride-dependent bacterium Halobacillus halophilus produces glutamate and glutamine as main compatible solutes at external salinities of 1.0 to 1.5 M NaCl. The routes for...

Vermittlungsgutscheine und Beauftragungen Dritter im Vergleich (Job placement vouchers and the contracting out of placement services compared)

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Winterhager, Henrik

"This paper makes a direct comparison of the relative effectiveness of job placement vouchers and the contracting out of placement services. The study is based on the process data of the Federal...

Ausmaß und Konsequenzen von Lohnrigiditäten

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

In diesem Beitrag werden Ausmaß und Konsequenzen von nominalen und tariflichen Lohnrigiditäten mikroökonomisch und mikroökonometrisch untersucht. Die Analyse verdeutlicht, dass in Deutschland...

Returns to Education and Individual Heterogeneity

Maier, Michael, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Pohlmeier, Winfried

In this paper, human capital investments are evaluated by assuming heterogeneous returns to education. We use the potential outcome approach to measure the causal effect of human capital investments...

Einstiegslöhne bei unvollkommenen Arbeitsmärkten

Gernandt, Johannes, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden die Bestimmungsgründe von Einstiegslöhnen, sowie das Ausmaß von Lohnrigiditäten und der daraus abgeleiteten Höhe der Lohnaufschwemmung in der Gruppe der...

Abschreibungsraten allgemeiner und beruflicher Ausbildungsinhalte

Ludwig, Volker, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

In dieser Arbeit werden Abschreibungsraten allgemeiner und beruflicher Ausbildungsinhalte im Erwerbsleben untersucht. Es wird analysiert, ob die Ausbildungsinhalte des Dualen Ausbildungssystems im...

Existenzgründungen: Ein Weg zur Beschäftigungsförderung?

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

In dem vorliegenden Artikel werden ausgewählte theoretische und empirische Aspekte des Zusammenhangs zwischen Existenzgründungen, staatlichem Handeln und Beschäftigung diskutiert. Dabei wird die...

Selbständigkeit in Europa 1991 - 2003: Empirische Evidenz mit Länderdaten

Göggel, Kathrin, Gräb, Johannes, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

In dieser Studie werden ausgewählte makroökonomische Determinanten der Anzahl der Selbständigen in fünfzehn Ländern Europas untersucht. Datenbasis sind die Arbeitskräfteerhebungen der...

Selektivität und direkte Wirkungen von Vermittlungsgutscheinen: Empirische Befunde aus der Einführungsphase

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Winterhager, Henrik

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht auf der Basis von Prozessdaten der Bundesagentur für Arbeit Inanspruchnahme, direkte Wirkungen und Effizienz von Vermittlungsgutscheinen, die im Zeitraum Mai 2003...

Rising Wage Inequality in Germany

Gernandt, Johannes, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

This paper investigates the evolution of wages and the recent tendency to rising wage inequality in Germany, based on the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) for 1984 to 2004. Between 1984 and 1994...

Vermittlungsgutscheine und Beauftragungen Dritter im Vergleich

Winterhager, Henrik, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht die relative Wirksamkeit von Vermittlungsgutscheinen und Beauftragungen Dritter mit der gesamten Vermittlung im direkten Vergleich. Die Untersuchung basiert auf den...

Human capital and innovation in East and West German manufacturing firms

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

The paper analyses the theoretical and empirical relationship between employment, skill structure and innovation in East and West German manufacturing firms. The econometric part builds on firm data...

Die gemeinnützige Arbeitnehmerüberlassung in Rheinland-Pfalz : eine ökonometrische Analyse des Wiedereingliederungserfolgs

Almus, Matthias, Egeln, Jürgen, Lechner, Michael, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Spengler, Hannes

Dieser Beitrag stellt ausgewahlte Ergebnisse des vom Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) im Auftrag des IAB und des Ministeriums für Arbeit und Soziales Rheinland-Pfalz bearbeiteten...

Existenzgründerpotentiale unter Arbeitsuchenden : empirische Evidenz auf der Basis des Mikrozensus

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

In April 1995, 5.3 million people in Germany were on the lookout for a new job opportunity. 177,000 or nearly 3% of those were searching for an opportunity to get self-employed. In this study the...

Berufliche Weiterbildung und Existenzgründung

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Reize, Frank

In Deutschland werden vielfach hohe Anforderungen an die berufliche Qualifikation von Existenzgründern gestellt. Im Handwerk, aber auch in bestimmten freiberuflich organisierten Tätigkeitsbereichen...

Employment impacts of cleaner production : evidence from a German study using case studies and surveys

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Rennings, Klaus

The study assesses net employment effects of technical progress which can be expected by the ongoing transition from end-of-pipe technologies towards cleaner production. Empirical evidence is...

Training and individual performance in Europe : evidence from microeconometric studies

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

Learning at school and university and also at the work place has become more important in the knowledge-based economy. This paper provides a critical review of recent econometric work on the...

Collective wage agreements and the adjustment of workers and hours in German service firms

Kaiser, Ulrich, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

There is a growing concern about collective wage agreement and employment dynamics in Germany. In this paper, evidence is provided on the way collective wage agreements affect the adjustment of...

Tarifverträge und Beschäftigungspolitik in Dienstleistungsunternehmen

Kaiser, Ulrich, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

Der Beitrag untersucht die Verbreitung von Tarifverträgen in Dienstleistungsunternehmen sowie deren Wirkungen auf die Beschäftigungspolitik im Falle von Nachfrageschwankungen. Der empirische Teil...

Tarifbindung und die ökonomische Rationalität von Lohnrigiditäten

Franz, Wolfgang, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

This study provides empirical evidence for the economic rationality of wage rigidities. Theoretically wage rigidities can result from contracts, implicit contracts, from efficiency wages and from...

Distributional effects of the high school degree in Germany

Gernandt, Johannes, Maier, Michael, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Rat-Wirtzler, Julie

This paper investigates the impact of a high school degree on the wage distribution in the period from 1984 to 2004 in Germany. In that period the share of male workers with a high school degree...

Educational expansion and its heterogeneous returns for wage workers

Gebel, Michael, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

The paper examines the evolution of returns to education in the West German labour market over the last two decades. During this period, graduates from the period of educational expansion in the...

Age-dependent Skill Formation and Returns to Education

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Reuß, Karsten

In this study, we try to connect the economic literature on human capital formation with findings from neurobiology and psychology on early childhood development and self-regulation. Our basic...

Autoinducer-2-Producing Protein LuxS, a Novel Salt- and Chloride-Induced Protein in the Moderately Halophilic Bacterium Halobacillus halophilus▿

Sewald, Xaver, Saum, Stephan H., Palm, Peter, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Oesterhelt, Dieter, Müller, Volker

The moderately halophilic bacterium Halobacillus halophilus carries a homologue of LuxS, a protein involved in the activated methyl cycle and the production of autoinducer-2, which mediates quorum...

Formelle und informelle berufliche Weiterbildung und Verdienst bei Arbeitnehmern und Selbständigen

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Reize, Frank

Investitionen in Weiterbildung werden typischerweise durch die erwartete Zunahme individueller Fähigkeiten motiviert. In dieser Arbeit wird untersucht, von welchen sozio-ökonomischen und...

The impact of non-profit temping agencies on individual labour market success in the West German state of Rhineland-Palatinate

Lechner, Michael, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Spengler, Hannes, Almus, Matthias

The paper presents an econometric evaluation of the effects of subsidised non-profit temporary employment agencies - a programme of the West German active labour market policy - on individual labour...

The Rationale for Wage Rigidity : Survey Evidence from German and US Firms

Franz, Wolfgang, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

The study provides evidence for the rationale of wage rigidity in Germany compared to the United States. Based on a survey of 801 firms, we extend the study of Campbell and Kanlani (1997, this...

Age-Dependent Skill Formation and Returns to Education: Simulation Based Evidence

Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Karsten Reuß

This study integrates findings from neurobiology and psychology on early childhood development and self-regulation to assess returns to education. Our framework for evaluating the distribution of...

Metabolism of halophilic archaea

Falb, Michaela, Müller, Kerstin, Königsmaier, Lisa, Oberwinkler, Tanja, Horn, Patrick, Von Gronau, Susanne, ...

In spite of their common hypersaline environment, halophilic archaea are surprisingly different in their nutritional demands and metabolic pathways. The metabolic diversity of halophilic archaea was...

A small protein from the bop–brp intergenic region of Halobacterium salinarum contains a zinc finger motif and regulates bop and crtB1 transcription

Tarasov, Valery Y, Besir, Hüseyin, Schwaiger, Rita, Klee, Kathrin, Furtwängler, Katarina, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, ...

Bacteriorhodopsin, the photosynthetic protein of Halobacterium salinarum, is optimally expressed under anaerobic growth conditions. We identified Brz (OE3104F, bacteriorhodopsin-regulating zinc...

Existenzgründerpotenziale unter Arbeitsuchenden: Empirische Evidenz auf der Basis des Mikrozensus (Potential for self-employment among jobseekers : empirical evidence on the basis of the microcensus)

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

"In this paper the question as to the determinants of the search for self-employment instead of a job in dependent employment is analysed. Among other things it is tested whether in the group of...

Ausmaß und Konsequenz von Lohnrigiditäten (Extent and consequences of wage regidities)

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

"In this paper, the extent and consequences of nominal and negotiated wage rigidities are examined micro-economically and micro-econometrically. The analysis shows that wage rigidities are by no...

Collective Wage Agreements and Firms' Employment Policies

Ulrich Kaiser, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

This paper provides evidence on the way collective wage agreements affect the adjustment of employment, working hours and other production factors when service‐sector firms are faced with demand...

Einstiegslöhne bei unvollkommenen Arbeitsmärkten

Johannes Gernandt, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

This study compares the wages and wage rigidity of entrants with incumbent workers in the West German labour market, based on individual data from 1975 to 1995. On average entrants (around 11 per...

Selektivität und direkte Wirkungen von Vermittlungsgutscheinen: Empirische Befunde aus der Einführungsphase

Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Henrik Winterhager

In April 2002 German government introduced job placement vouchers as a new instrument of active labour market policy to foster the transition of unemployed to jobs. This paper investigates the...

Overeducation and Individual Heterogeneity

Michael Maier, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Winfried Pohlmeier

In this paper, the efficiency of human capital investments is evaluated in the light of inadequate educational careers and skill obsolescence. Assuming heterogeneous returns to schooling and...

Rising Wage Inequality in Germany

Johannes Gernandt, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

This paper investigates the evolution of wages and the recent tendency to rising wage inequality in Germany, based on the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) for 1984 to 2004. Between 1984 and 1994...

Educational Expansion and Its Heterogeneous Returns for Wage Workers

Michael Gebel, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

This paper examines the evolution of returns to education in the West German labour market over the last two decades. During this period, graduates from the period of educational expansion entered...

Rising Wage Inequality in Germany

Johannes Gernandt, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

Based on samples from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) 1984 to 2004, this paper investigates the evolution of wages and wage inequality in Germany. Between 1984 and 1994 wages for prime age...

Self-Productivity in Early Childhood

Katja Coneus, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

Self-productivity is a crucial feature in the process of skill formation. It means that skills and health acquired at one stage in the life cycle enhance skills and health formation at later stages....

Rising Wage Inequality in Germany

Gernandt, Johannes, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

The paper investigates the evolution of wages and wage inequality in Germany based on samples from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) 1984 to 2005. Real gross hourly wages for prime age...

Duration and Intensity of Kindergarten Attendance and Secondary School Track Choice

Landvoigt, Tim, Muehler, Grit, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

This paper investigates the relationship between kindergarten attendance and secondary school track choice in West-Germany. Our analysis is based on a panel of 12 to 14-year olds with information...

Self-Productivity in Early Childhood

Coneus, Katja, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

Self-productivity is a crucial feature in the process of skill formation. It means that skills and health acquired at one stage in the life cycle enhance skills and health formation at later stages....

Ungleichheit und die differentiellen Erträge frühkindlicher Bildungsinvestitionen im Lebenszyklus

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Reuß, Karsten

Um Hinweise für die Erträge von Investitionen in die Fähigkeiten von Kindern im Vorschulalter geben zu können, möchten wir in diesem Beitrag die Ergebnisse von Simulationen zur Diskussion...

Ungleichheit und die differentiellen Erträge frühkindlicher Bildungsinvestitionen im Lebenszyklus

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Reuß, Karsten

Um Hinweise für die Erträge von Investitionen in die Fähigkeiten von Kindern im Vorschulalter geben zu können, möchten wir in diesem Beitrag die Ergebnisse von Simulationen zur Diskussion...

Self-Productivity in Early Childhood

Coneus, Katja, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

Self-productivity is a crucial feature in the process of skill formation. It means that skills and health acquired at one stage in the life cycle enhance skills and health formation at later stages....

Rising Wage Inequality in Germany

Gernandt, Johannes, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

The paper investigates the evolution of wages and wage inequality in Germany based on samples from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1984 to 2005. Real gross hourly wages for prime age dependent...

Intra- und intergenerationale Umverteilungseffekte in der bundesdeutschen Alterssicherung auf Basis humankapital - theoretischer Überlegungen

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Reuß, Karsten

In der folgenden Studie möchten wir ausgewählte Aspekte von intra- und intergenerationalen Umverteilungseffekten im System der bundesdeutschen Alterssicherung auf der Basis der Humankapitalheorie...

Assessing Intergenerational Earnings Persistence Among German Workers

Eisenhauer, Philipp, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

In this study we assess the relationship between father and son earnings among (West) German Workers. To reduce the lifecycle and attenuation bias a novel sampling procedure is developed and applied...

Genome information management and integrated data analysis with HaloLex

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Broicher, Alexander, Gillich, Thomas, Klee, Kathrin, Mejía, José, Rampp, Markus, ...

HaloLex is a software system for the central management, integration, curation, and web-based visualization of genomic and other -omics data for any given microorganism. The system has been employed...

Initial Risk Matrix, Home Resources, Ability Development and Children's Achievement

Blomeyer, Dorothea, Coneus, Katja, Laucht, Manfred, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

This paper investigates the role of self-productivity and home resources in ability formation from infancy to adolescence. In addition, we study the complementarities between basic cognitive, motor...

Wage Convergence and Inequality after Unification : (East) Germany in Transition

Johannes Gernandt, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

This paper investigates the wage convergence between East German workers and their West German counterparts after reunification. Our research is based on a comparison of three groups of workers...

Assessing intergenerational earnings persistence among German workers

Eisenhauer, Philipp, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

"'The vitality and stability of our democracy - as well as the economy Ð eventually depend on the social permeability of our society.' (Horst Köhler, German Federal President, 29. 12. 2007,...

Wage Convergence and Inequality after Unification: (East) Germany in Transition

Gernandt, Johannes, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

This paper investigates the wage convergence between East German workers and their West German counterparts after reunification. Our research is based on a comparison of three groups of workers...

Assessing intergenerational earnings persistence among German workers

Eisenhauer, Philipp, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

"'The vitality and stability of our democracy - as well as the economy Ð eventually depend on the social permeability of our society.' (Horst Köhler, German Federal President, 29. 12. 2007,...

Selbständigkeit in Europa 1991-2003: Empirische Evidenz mit Länderdaten

Kathrin Goeggel, Johannes Graeb, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

The number of self-employed workers in Europe has been in decline since the 1990s. At the same time unemployment has decreased and GDP per capita increased. In this study we analyse macroeconomic...

Self-Productivity and Complementarities in Human Development: Evidence from MARS

Blomeyer, Dorothea, Coneus, Katja, Laucht, Manfred, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

This paper investigates the role of self-productivity and home resources in capability formation from infancy to adolescence. In addition, we study the complementarities between basic cognitive,...

Assessing Intergenerational Earnings Persistence among German Workers

Philipp Eisenhauer, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

In this study we assess the relationship between father and son earnings among (West) German Workers. To reduce the lifecycle and attenuation bias a novel sampling procedure is developed and applied...

Rising Wage Inequality in Germany

Johannes Gernandt, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

The paper investigates the evolution of wages and wage inequality in Germany based on samples from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1984 to 2005. Real gross hourly wages for prime age dependent...

Age-dependent skill formation and returns to education

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Reuß, Karsten

This study investigates the distribution of returns to investments in cognitive and self-regulatory skills over the life cycle. In our simulation model, the distribution of returns to education...

Abschreibungsraten allgemeiner und beruflicher Ausbildungsinhalte - empirische Evidenz auf Basis subjektiver Einschätzungen

Volker Ludwig, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

The computer revolution together with educational expansion has led to dramatic changes in the structure of the workforce and in the organisation of workplaces in the last four decades. These...

Initial Risk Matrix, Home Resources, Ability Development and Children’s Achievement

Blomeyer, Dorothea, Coneus, Katja, Laucht, Manfred, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

This paper investigates the development of basic cognitive, motor and noncognitive abilities from infancy to adolescence. We analyse the predictive power of these abilities, initial risk conditions...

Systems Analysis of Bioenergetics and Growth of the Extreme Halophile Halobacterium salinarum

Gonzalez, Orland, Gronau, Susanne, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Mendoza, Eduardo, Zimmer, Ralf, Oesterhelt, Dieter

Halobacterium salinarum is a bioenergetically flexible, halophilic microorganism that can generate energy by respiration, photosynthesis, and the fermentation of arginine. In a previous study, using...

Initial Risk Matrix, Home Resources, Ability Development, and Children's Achievement

Dorothea Blomeyer, Katja Coneus, Manfred Laucht, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

This paper investigates the development of basic cognitive, motor, and noncognitive abilities from infancy to adolescence. We analyse the predictive power of these abilities, initial risk conditions,...

Qualifikation, Beschäftigung und technischer Fortschritt, Empirische Evidenz mit den Daten des Mannheimer Innovationspanels

Doris Blechinger, Friedhelm Pfeiffer

Für die Bundesrepublik und insbesondere für Baden-Württemberg mit seiner hohen Industriedichte und dem großen Anteil innovativer Unternehmen ist das Verständnis der wirtschaftlichen...

Betriebsvereinbarung versus Tarifsystem

Hagen Lesch, Wernhard Möschel, Claus Schnabel, Martin Kannegiesser, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Reinhard Bispinck, ...

Tarifautonomie und Flächentarifvertrag sind ins Kreuzfeuer der Kritik geraten. Es geht um die Frage, ob auch in Zukunft die zentralen Mindeststandards für Arbeits- und Einkommensbedingungen im...

Entwicklung und Ungleichheit von Fähigkeiten: Anmerkungen aus ökonomischer Sicht

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm

Nirgends sonst im ökonomischen Handeln fallen Kosten und Nutzen im Zeitablauf und aufgeteilt nach Investoren und Nutznießern so eklatant auseinander wie bei Bildungsinvestitionen. In dem...