Harald Pfeifer

Research Fellow

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    Harald Pfeifer graduated from Maastricht University, where he also obtained his PhD in 2013. Since 2018, he holds the chair of “Economics of Vocational Education and Training” at the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) at Maastricht University. He is also head of Section “Ökonomie der Berufsbildung” at the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) in Bonn, Germany.

    Harald Pfeifer works on topics in the fields of education economics, industrial relations, personnel economics and labour economics. He is also affiliated with the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) in Adelaide, Australia.

    Harald Pfeifer joined IZA as a Research Fellow in December 2021.

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    IZA Publications

    IZA Discussion Paper No. 15043
    Managers' Risk Preferences and Firm Training Investments
    Marco Caliendo,Deborah A. Cobb-Clark,Harald Pfeifer,Arne Uhlendorff,Caroline Wehner
    IZA Discussion Paper No. 13733
    Do Recruiters Select Workers with Different Personality Traits for Different Tasks? A Discrete Choice Experiment
    Caroline Wehner,Andries de Grip,Harald Pfeifer
    published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 78, 102186
    IZA Discussion Paper No. 13368
    The Effect of Business Cycle Expectations on the German Apprenticeship Market: Estimating the Impact of COVID-19
    Samuel Mühlemann,Harald Pfeifer,Bernhard Wittek
    published in: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2020, 12, Article 8 (2020)
    IZA Discussion Paper No. 11264
    The Effects of Supply Shocks in the Market for Apprenticeships: Evidence from a German High School Reform
    Samuel Mühlemann,Gerard A. Pfann,Harald Pfeifer, Hans Dietrich
    published as 'Supply Shocks in the Market for Apprenticeship Training' in: Economics of Education Review, 2022, 86, 102197
    IZA Discussion Paper No. 7656
    The Structure of Hiring Costs in Germany: Evidence from Firm-Level Data
    Samuel Mühlemann,Harald Pfeifer
    published in: Industrial Relations, 2016, 55 (2), 193–218
    IZA Discussion Paper No. 6497
    Works Councils, Collective Bargaining and Apprenticeship Training
    Ben Kriechel,Samuel Mühlemann,Harald Pfeifer, Miriam Schuette
    published in: Industrial Relations, 2014, 66 (5), 1095-1112
    IZA Discussion Paper No. 3465
    Cost and Benefit of Apprenticeship Training: A Comparison of Germany and Switzerland
    Regina Dionisius,Samuel Mühlemann,Harald Pfeifer, Günter Walden, Felix Wenzelmann,Stefan C. Wolter
    published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2009, 55(1), 7-36
    IZA World of Labor Article
    Evaluating apprenticeship training programs for firms
    Harald Pfeifer,Samuel Mühlemann
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