TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ruebeck,Christopher S.
AU  - Harrington,Joseph E., Jr.
AU  - Moffitt,Robert
TI  - Handedness and Earnings
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 12387
PY  - 2006
Y2  - July 2006
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w12387
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w12387.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Christopher Ruebeck
Simon Center
Department of Economics
Lafayette College
Easton, PA 18042
http://sites.lafayette.edu/ruebeckc/
E-Mail: ruebeckc@lafayette.edu

Robert A. Moffitt
Department of Economics
Johns Hopkins University
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD  21218
Tel: 410/516-7611
Fax: 410/516-7600
E-Mail: moffitt@jhu.edu
AB  - We examine whether handedness is related to performance in the labor market and, in particular, 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.
ER  -