Handedness and Earnings
Christopher S. Ruebeck, Lafayette College
Joseph E. Harrington Jr. and Robert Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University
Laterality, 2007, 12 (2), 101-120
Abstract
We examine whether handedness is related to performance in the labour market
and, in particular, to earnings. We find a significant wage effect for left-handed men
with high levels of education. This positive wage effect is strongest among those
who have lower than average earnings relative to those of similar high education.
This effect is not found among women.