Erik Plug

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Erik Plug is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Erik Plug has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 21 papers in Gender Studies and 17 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Erik Plug's work include Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (18 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (15 papers) and School Choice and Performance (11 papers). Erik Plug is often cited by papers focused on Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (18 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (15 papers) and School Choice and Performance (11 papers). Erik Plug collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Sweden. Erik Plug's co-authors include Mikael Lindahl, Wim P. M. Vijverberg, Helena Holmlund, Peter Berkhout, Astrid Würtz Rasmussen, Petter Lundborg, Dinand Webbink, Monique de Haan, José Rosero and Bernard M. S. van Praag and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy and The Economic Journal.

In The Last Decade

Erik Plug

60 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

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

2011 307 citations Mikael Lindahl, Erik Plug et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erik Plug Netherlands	22	1.3k	662	578	481	360	64	2.3k
Mary Corcoran United States	23	1.1k 0.9×	554 0.8×	642 1.1×	554 1.2×	238 0.7×	80	2.5k
Nabanita Datta Gupta Denmark	24	669 0.5×	563 0.9×	677 1.2×	291 0.6×	466 1.3×	90	2.0k
Pedro Carneiro United Kingdom	23	1.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.9×	435 0.8×	1.1k 2.3×	277 0.8×	110	3.2k
Martha S. Hill United States	21	1.4k 1.1×	471 0.7×	713 1.2×	264 0.5×	546 1.5×	32	2.2k
Núria Rodríguez‐Planas United States	21	617 0.5×	537 0.8×	419 0.7×	494 1.0×	279 0.8×	90	1.6k
Miles Corak Canada	21	2.1k 1.6×	821 1.2×	261 0.5×	577 1.2×	262 0.7×	69	3.0k
Maria Charles United States	19	1.4k 1.0×	502 0.8×	1.3k 2.3×	573 1.2×	236 0.7×	37	2.6k
Paul W. Grimes United States	22	678 0.5×	608 0.9×	236 0.4×	618 1.3×	119 0.3×	87	2.2k
Ilyana Kuziemko United States	19	1.1k 0.8×	751 1.1×	449 0.8×	129 0.3×	202 0.6×	33	2.5k
Ineke Maas Netherlands	26	2.1k 1.6×	290 0.4×	423 0.7×	471 1.0×	612 1.7×	102	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Erik Plug

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Fields of papers citing papers by Erik Plug

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erik Plug

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Erik Plug. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Erik Plug based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Erik Plug. Erik Plug is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Lundborg, Petter, Erik Plug, & Astrid Würtz Rasmussen. (2025). On the Family Origins of Human Capital Formation:Evidence from Donor Children. 2 indexed citations

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Lundborg, Petter, et al.. (2025). The Only Child. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Lundborg, Petter, Erik Plug, & Astrid Würtz Rasmussen. (2024). Is There Really a Child Penalty in the Long Run? New Evidence from IVF Treatments. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Lundborg, Petter, Erik Plug, & Astrid Würtz Rasmussen. (2021). On the Family Origins of Human Capital Formation: Evidence from Donor Children. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Booij, Adam S., et al.. (2016). Enriching Students Pays Off: Evidence from an Individualized Gifted and Talented Program in Secondary Education. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Buser, Thomas, et al.. (2015). Do Gays Shy Away from Competition? Do Lesbians Compete Too Much?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

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Lundborg, Petter, Erik Plug, & Astrid Würtz Rasmussen. (2014). Fertility Effects on Female Labor Supply: IV Evidence from IVF Treatments. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Hartog, Joop, Mikael Lindahl, Edwin Leuven, et al.. (2007). Human Capital. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 14 indexed citations

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Björklund, Anders, Mikael Lindahl, & Erik Plug. (2004). Intergenerational Effects in Sweden: What Can We Learn from Adoption Data?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Groot, Wim, H. Maassen van den Brink, & Erik Plug. (2004). Money for health: the equivalent variation of cardiovascular diseases. Health Economics. 13(9). 859–872. 41 indexed citations

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Björklund, Anders, Mikael Lindahl, & Erik Plug. (2004). Intergenerational Effects in Sweden: What Can We Learn from Adoption Data?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 28 indexed citations

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Plug, Erik, et al.. (2004). Estimating the Effect of Personality on Male-Female Earnings. SSRN Electronic Journal. 35 indexed citations

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Plug, Erik. (2002). How Do Parents Raise the Educational Attainment of Future Generations?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Plug, Erik & Wim P. M. Vijverberg. (2001). Schooling, Familiy Background, and Adoption: Does Family Income Matter?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations

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Plug, Erik & Peter Berkhout. (2001). Effects of Sexual Preferences on Earnings in the Netherlands. SSRN Electronic Journal. 10 indexed citations

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Plug, Erik. (2001). Season of birth, schooling and earnings. Journal of Economic Psychology. 22(5). 641–660. 33 indexed citations

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Margolis, David, et al.. (1999). Targeted Socio-Economic Research. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 1 indexed citations

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Groot, Wim, Hans Maassen, & Erik Plug. (1999). Calculating the value of life by an income evaluation approach. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling.

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Levin, Jesse & Erik Plug. (1999). Instrumenting education and the returns to schooling in the Netherlands. Labour Economics. 6(4). 521–534. 53 indexed citations

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Praag, B.M.S. van & Erik Plug. (1995). New Developments in the Measurement of Welfare and Well-being. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 3 indexed citations

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