I’ve just been asked by some HR professionals if I know of studies showing the effects of anonymising job applications before review. I don’t. Do you? My correspondent is, I think, most interested in studies outside the laboratory on actual hiring processes, but I’ll take anything.
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Feminist Philosophers 
Could you clarify this, Jender — aren’t all studies done “in the real world”?
Sorry! In fact, I’ll re-write.
Could any of this be helpful?
http://wp.me/pd52p-6Us
http://wp.me/pd52p-5Ah
http://wp.me/pd52p-99i
Edouard Machery has look at Making journal submitting anonymous. He may have further stuff.
Filip Spagnoli – great blog!
I’m not sure if this is what your correspondent is looking for, but here are a few:
“Do anonymous resumes make the field more even? Evidence from a randomized field experiment”
Click to access le%20barbanchon_t4613.pdf
Positive effects of anonymous job applications
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/2008/02/SE0802019I.htm
There might be something in here: a compilation by Cornell’s ADVANCE center of resources on gender and hiring:
Click to access Stereotyping-references.pdf
And a study suggesting the effect of gender on hiring and promotion:
“Impact of Gender on the review of the Curriculum Vitae of Job Applicants and Tenure Candidates: A National Empirical Study” http://advance.cornell.edu/documents/ImpactofGender.pdf
Thanks so much for all the great links!