Erik Plug

University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE)

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1.

Fertility Effects on Female Labor Supply: IV Evidence from IVF Treatments

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8609
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 08 Nov 2014
Petter Lundborg, Petter Lundborg, Erik Plug and Astrid Würtz Rasmussen
Tinbergen InstituteLund University School of Economics and Management, University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE) and Aarhus University
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children, extensive and intensive fertility margins, female labor supply

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Estimating the Effect of Personality on Male-Female Earnings

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 13 Aug 2004
Gerrit Mueller and Erik Plug
ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research and University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE)
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personality and wages, gender wage gap

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Schooling, Family Background, and Adoption: Is it Nature or is it Nurture?

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Schooling, Family Background, and Adoption: Is it Nature or is it Nurture?

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 11 Apr 2001
Erik Plug and Wim P.M. Vijverberg
University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE) and CUNY The Graduate Center - Department of Economics
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Intergenerational mobility, human capital, genetic transfers, adoption

Schooling, Family Background, and Adoption: Is it Nature or is it Nurture?

Posted: 23 May 2003
Erik Plug and Wim P.M. Vijverberg
University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE) and CUNY The Graduate Center - Department of Economics

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Can Gifted and Talented Education Raise the Academic Achievement of All High-Achieving Students?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10836
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 19 Jun 2017
Adam S. Booij, Ferry Haan and Erik Plug
Amsterdam School of Economics, University of Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE)
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gifted and talented education, enrichment program, secondary education, difference-in-differences, regression discontinuity designs

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Schooling, Family Background, and Adoption: Does Family Income Matter?

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 11 Apr 2001
Erik Plug and Wim P.M. Vijverberg
University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE) and CUNY The Graduate Center - Department of Economics
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Intergenerational mobility, human capital, family income, adoption

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Enriching Students Pays Off: Evidence from an Individualized Gifted and Talented Program in Secondary Education

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9757
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 07 Mar 2016
Adam S. Booij, Ferry Haan and Erik Plug
Amsterdam School of Economics, University of Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE)
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gifted and talented education, enrichment program, secondary education, regression discontinuity

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Is There a Penalty for Becoming a Woman? Is There a Premium for Becoming a Man? Evidence from a Sample of Transsexual Workers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9077
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 01 Jun 2015
Lydia Geijtenbeek and Erik Plug
University of Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE)
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transsexuals, gender, labor market outcomes, discrimination

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Do Gays Shy Away from Competition? Do Lesbians Compete Too Much?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9382
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 12 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 05 May 2023
Thomas Buser, Lydia Geijtenbeek and Erik Plug
University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE), University of Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE)
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experiments, sexual orientation, gender, competitiveness, education, earnings

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How Do Parents Raise the Educational Attainment of Future Generations?

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 31 Jan 2003
Erik Plug
University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE)
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Intergenerational Mobility of Schooling, Inherited Abilities, Adoption

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Is There Really a Child Penalty in the Long Run? New Evidence from IVF Treatments

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16959
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 02 May 2024
Petter Lundborg, Erik Plug and Astrid Würtz Rasmussen
Lund University, University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE) and Aarhus University
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child penalty, gender earnings gap, fertility

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Intergenerational Effects in Sweden: What Can We Learn from Adoption Data?

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 19 Jul 2004
Anders Bjorklund, Mikael Lindahl and Erik Plug
Stockholm University, University of Bonn and University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE)
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intergenerational effects, income, education, adoption data

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The Origins of Intergenerational Associations: Lessons from Swedish Adoption Data

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1739
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Sep 2005
Anders Bjorklund, Mikael Lindahl and Erik Plug
Stockholm University, University of Bonn and University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE)
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intergenerational mobility, nature and nurture, income, education, adoption data

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The Causal Effect of Parent's Schooling on Children's Schooling: A Comparison of Estimation Methods

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3630
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 11 Aug 2008
Helena Holmlund, Mikael Lindahl and Erik Plug
IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, University of Bonn and University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE)
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intergenerational mobility, education, causation, selection, identification

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Effects of Sexual Preferences on Earnings in the Netherlands

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 03 Sep 2001
Erik Plug and Peter H. G. Berkhout
University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE) and University of Amsterdam - SEO Economic Research
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Earnings, Sexual Preferences, Gender Differences, Discrimination

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Estimates of the Effect of Parents' Schooling on Children's Schooling Using Censored and Uncensored Samples

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2416
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 26 Nov 2006
Erik Plug and Monique de Haan
University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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intergenerational mobility of education, censored observations

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Sexual Orientation, Disclosure and Earnings

IZA Working Paper No. 3290
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 23 May 2008
Erik Plug and Peter H. G. Berkhout
University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE) and University of Amsterdam - SEO Economic Research
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sexual orientation, disclosure, earnings, discrimination, selection

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Money for Health: The Compensating Variation of Cardiovascular Diseases

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 31 Jan 2003
Wim Groot, Henriette Maassen van den Brink and Erik Plug
Maastricht University, University of Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE)
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Compensating Income Variations, Cardiovascular Disease, Subjective Income Evaluation

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Sexual Orientation, Prejudice and Segregation

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5772
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Jun 2011
Erik Plug, H. Dinand Webbink and Nicholas G. Martin
University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE), University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
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sexual orientation, occupational choice, discrimination, segregation

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The Causal Effect of Parents' Schooling on Children's Schooling - A Comparison of Estimation Methods

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3234
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 09 Nov 2010
Helena Holmlund, Mikael Lindahl and Erik Plug
IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, University of Bonn and University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE)
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intergenerational mobility, education, causation, selection, identification

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Birth Order and Human Capital Development: Evidence from Ecuador

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6706
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 21 Jul 2012
Monique de Haan, Erik Plug and Jose Rosero
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE) and INEC (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos)
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birth order, human capital development, parental time allocation, Ecuador

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On the Family Origins of Human Capital Formation: Evidence from Donor Children

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14708
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 11 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 19 May 2022
Petter Lundborg, Erik Plug and Astrid Würtz Rasmussen
Lund University, University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE) and Aarhus University
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intergenerational mobility, human capital, donor children

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The Impact of Positive and Negative Income Changes on the Height and Weight of Young Children

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8130
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 03 May 2014 Last Revised: 05 May 2023
Thomas Buser, Hessel Oosterbeek, Erik Plug, Juan Ponce and Jose Rosero
University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE), University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE), University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE), Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) - Ecuador and INEC (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos)
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poverty reduction, developing country, health outcomes, cash transfers

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Education and Cancer Risk

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7956
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 Feb 2014
Edwin Leuven, Erik Plug and Marte Rønning
University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE) and Norwegian University of Science and Technology - Department of Economics
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education, causality, health, cancer

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Do Parental Networks Pay Off? Linking Children's Labor-Market Outcomes to Their Parents' Friends

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9074
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 01 Jun 2015
Erik Plug, Bas van der Klaauw and Lennart Ziegler
University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE), VU University Amsterdam - Department of Economics and University of Vienna
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social networks, occupational choice, informal job search, intergenerational effects

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Skills, Parental Sorting, and Child Inequality

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Skills, Parental Sorting, and Child Inequality

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15824
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Dec 2022
Martin Nybom, Erik Plug, Bas Klaauw and Lennart Ziegler
Stockholm University - Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE), VU University Amsterdam and University of Vienna
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assortative mating, intergenerational mobility, education, earnings inequality

Skills, Parental Sorting, and Child Inequality

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 19 Dec 2023
Martin Nybom, Erik Plug, Bas Klaauw and Lennart Ziegler
Stockholm University - Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE), VU University Amsterdam and University of Vienna
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Assortative mating, Intergenerational mobility, education, Earnings inequality

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Specialization in Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14709
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 19 May 2022
Thomas Hofmarcher and Erik Plug
Lund University and University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE)
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time allocation, household work, market work, same-sex couples, different-sex couples, comparative advantage