[eli]

Resumes with male names are ranked higher than identical resumes with female names.

[whatok]

Citation please.

[eli]

Here are the first two on Google. I'm sure you can find more

http://advance.cornell.edu/documents/ImpactofGender.pdf

http://www.pnas.org/content/109/41/16474.abstract

[mrgoldenbrown]

There are lots of them: https://www.google.com/search?q=Resumes+with+male+names+are+...

[whatok]

I know that. I take issue when it is stated as an absolute fact when the most well-known study was done in a very specific field and therefore makes it hard to really extrapolate out to the entire workforce.

[eli]

I'd definitely be interested to read any studies of other fields that have failed to show a similar effect.