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Note that this bias also happens with racial names.

http://www.nber.org/digest/sep03/w9873.html

Exact same resumes, just a white-sounding name vs a black-sounding name.

"Job applicants with white names needed to send about 10 resumes to get one callback; those with African-American names needed to send around 15 resumes to get one callback. This would suggest either employer prejudice or employer perception that race signals lower productivity."