Publications

Kolk, Martin, Lucas Tilley, Emma von Essen, Ylva Moberg, and Ian Burn. "The Demography of Sweden's Transgender Population - A Research Note on Patterns, Changes, and Sociodemographics." Demography (forthcoming).

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Burn, Ian, Daniel Firoozi, Daniel Ladd, and David Neumark. "Help Really Wanted? The Impact of Age Stereotypes in Job Ads on Applications from Older Workers." Journal of Labor Economics (forthcoming).

 

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Burn, Ian, Daniel Firoozi, Daniel Ladd, and David Neumark. “Machine Learning and Perceived Age Stereotypes in Job Ads: Evidence from an Experiment.” Journal of Pension Economics and Finance (22(4): 463 - 489.

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Burn, Ian, and Michael E. Martell. “Gender typicality and sexual minority labour market differentials.” British Journal of Industrial Relations 60 (2022): 784-814.

Awards:  Runner-up, Minorities in Economics Best Paper Award, European Economics Association.

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Burn, Ian, Patrick Button, Louis Munguia Corella, and David Neumark. “Does ageist language in job ads predict age discrimination in hiring?” Journal of Labor Economics 40.3 (2022): 613-667.

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Van Borm, Hannah, Ian Burn, and Stijn Baert. “What does a job candidate’s age signal to employers?” Labour Economics 71 (2021): 102003.

 

Burn, Ian. “The relationship between prejudice and wage penalties for gay men in the United States.” ILR Review 73.3 (2020): 650-675.

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Burn, Ian, Patrick Button, Theodore Figiniski, and Joanne Song McLaughlin “Why retirement, Social Security, and age discrimination policies need to consider the intersectional experiences of older women.” Public Policy & Aging Report 30.3 (2020): 101-106.

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Burn, Ian, and Michael E. Martell. “The role of work values and characteristics in the human capital investment of gays and lesbians.” Education Economics 28.4 (2020): 351-369.

 

Burn, Ian, and Kyle Kettler. “The more you know, the better you’re paid? Evidence from pay secrecy bans for managers.” Labour Economics 59 (2019): 92-109.

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Neumark, David, Ian Burn, and Patrick Button. “Is it harder for older workers to find jobs? New and improved evidence from a field experiment.” Journal of Political Economy 127.2 (2019): 922-970.

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Neumark, David, Ian Burn, Patrick Button, and Nanneh Chehras “Do state laws protecting older workers from discrimination reduce age discrimination in hiring? Evidence from a field experiment.” The Journal of Law and Economics 62.2 (2019): 373-402.

 

Burn, Ian. “Not all laws are created equal: Legal differences in state non-discrimination laws and the impact of LGBT employment protections.” Journal of Labor Research 39.4 (2018): 462-497. 

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Neumark, David, Ian Burn, and Patrick Button. “Experimental age discrimination evidence and the Heckman critique.” American Economic Review 106.5 (2016): 303-08.