Erik Plug

Research Fellow

University of Amsterdam

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Erik Plug is Professor of Economics at the University of Amsterdam. Erik is research fellow at Tinbergen Institute, Uppsala Center for Labor Studies (UCLS), IZA, and CESifo. He currently serves as an Associate Editor at the Economic Journal. Erik has been the president of the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE) and European Society of Population Economics (ESPE). He received his Ph.D in Economics from the University of Amsterdam in 1997.

His main research interests relate to family, education and labour economics. His work is published in, among others, American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Economic Literature, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Human Resources, and Journal of Public Economics.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in November 2000.

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IZA-Publikationen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17641
The Only Child
Julius Ilciukas, Petter Lundborg, Erik Plug, Astrid Würtz Rasmussen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16959
Is There Really a Child Penalty in the Long Run? New Evidence from IVF Treatments
Petter Lundborg, Erik Plug, Astrid Würtz Rasmussen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15824
Skills, Parental Sorting, and Child Inequality
Martin Nybom, Erik Plug, Bas van der Klaauw, Lennart Ziegler
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14709
Specialization in Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples
Thomas Hofmarcher, Erik Plug
published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 77, 101995.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14708
On the Family Origins of Human Capital Formation: Evidence from Donor Children
Petter Lundborg, Erik Plug, Astrid Würtz Rasmussen
published online in: Review of Economic Studies, 05 December 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10836
Can Gifted and Talented Education Raise the Academic Achievement of All High-Achieving Students?
Adam S. Booij, Ferry Haan, Erik Plug
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9757
Enriching Students Pays Off: Evidence from an Individualized Gifted and Talented Program in Secondary Education
Adam S. Booij, Ferry Haan, Erik Plug
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9382
Do Gays Shy Away from Competition? Do Lesbians Compete Too Much?
Thomas Buser, Lydia Geijtenbeek, Erik Plug
published as 'Sexual Orientation, Competitiveness and Income' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 151, 191 - 198
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9077
Is There a Penalty for Becoming a Woman? Is There a Premium for Becoming a Man? Evidence from a Sample of Transsexual Workers
Lydia Geijtenbeek, Erik Plug
published as 'Is There a Penalty for Registered Women? Is There a Premium for Registered Men? Evidence from a Sample of Transsexual Workers' in: European Economic Review, 2018, 109, 334 -347
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9074
Do Parental Networks Pay Off? Linking Children's Labor-Market Outcomes to their Parents' Friends
Erik Plug, Bas van der Klaauw, Lennart Ziegler
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2108, 120 (1), 268-295
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8609
Fertility Effects on Female Labor Supply: IV Evidence from IVF Treatments
Petter Lundborg, Erik Plug, Astrid Würtz Rasmussen
published as "Can Women Have Children and a Career? IV Evidence from IVF Treatments" in: American Economic Review, June 2017, 107 (6), 1611-37
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8130
The Impact of Positive and Negative Income Changes on the Height and Weight of Young Children
Thomas Buser, Hessel Oosterbeek, Erik Plug, Juan Ponce, José Rosero
published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2017, 31 (3), 786–808
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7956
Education and Cancer Risk
Edwin Leuven, Erik Plug, Marte Rønning
published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 43, 106-121
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6706
Birth Order and Human Capital Development: Evidence from Ecuador
Monique de Haan, Erik Plug, José Rosero
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49 (2), 359-392
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5772
Sexual Orientation, Prejudice and Segregation
Erik Plug, Dinand Webbink, Nicholas G. Martin
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 32 (1), 123-159
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3630
The Causal Effect of Parent's Schooling on Children's Schooling: A Comparison of Estimation Methods
Helena Holmlund, Mikael Lindahl, Erik Plug
published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2011, 49 (3), 615-651, revised version available here
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3290
Sexual Orientation, Disclosure and Earnings
Erik Plug, Peter Berkhout
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2416
Estimates of the Effect of Parents’ Schooling on Children’s Schooling Using Censored and Uncensored Samples
Monique de Haan, Erik Plug
published as 'Estimating intergenerational schooling mobility on censored samples: consequences and remedies' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2011, 26 (1), 151–166,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1739
The Origins of Intergenerational Associations: Lessons from Swedish Adoption Data
Anders Björklund, Mikael Lindahl, Erik Plug
published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2006, 121 (3), 999-1028
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1254
Estimating the Effect of Personality on Male-Female Earnings
Gerrit Mueller, Erik Plug
published as 'Estimating the Effect of Personality on Male and Female Earnings ' in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2006, 60 (1), 3-22
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1194
Intergenerational Effects in Sweden: What Can We Learn from Adoption Data?
Anders Björklund, Mikael Lindahl, Erik Plug
IZA Discussion Paper No. 653
Money for Health: The Compensating Variation of Cardiovascular Diseases
Wim Groot, Henriette Maassen van den Brink, Erik Plug
published a 'Money for health: the equivalent variation of cardiovascular diseases' in: Health Economics, 2004, 13 (9), 859-872
IZA Discussion Paper No. 652
How Do Parents Raise the Educational Attainment of Future Generations?
Erik Plug
published as 'Estimating the Effect of Mother's Schooling on Children's Schooling Using a Sample of Adoptees' in: American Economic Review, 2004, 94 (1), 358-368
IZA Discussion Paper No. 344
Effects of Sexual Preferences on Earnings in the Netherlands
Erik Plug, Peter Berkhout
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2004, 17 (1), 117-131, revised version available here
IZA Discussion Paper No. 247
Schooling, Family Background, and Adoption: Is it Nature or is it Nurture?
Erik Plug, Wim P. Vijverberg
published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2003, 111 (3), 611-641
IZA Discussion Paper No. 246
Schooling, Family Background, and Adoption: Does Family Income Matter?
Erik Plug, Wim P. Vijverberg
published as 'Does Family Income Matter for Schooling Outcomes? Using Adoptees as a Natural Experiment' in: Economic Journal, 2005, 115 (506), 879-906
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