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, 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 Publications

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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14708
On the Family Origins of Human Capital Formation: Evidence from Donor Children
Petter Lundborg, Erik Plug, Astrid Würtz Rasmussen
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
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