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Title: The Wages of Sinistrality: Handedness, Brain Structure, and Human Capital Accumulation
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Goodman, Joshua |
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The Wages of Sinistrality: Handedness, Brain Structure, and Human Capital Accumulation Journal of Economic Perspectives 28,4 (Fall 2014): 193-212. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23973564?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult, NLSY97 Publisher: American Economic Association Keyword(s): Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB); Behavior Problems Index (BPI); British Cohort Study (BCS); Cognitive Ability; Digit Span (also see Memory for Digit Span - WISC); Earnings; Handedness; Human Capital; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Using five datasets from the United States and the United Kingdom, I show that, consistent with prior research, both maternal left-handedness and poor infant health increase the likelihood of a child being left-handed. |
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Goodman, Joshua. "The Wages of Sinistrality: Handedness, Brain Structure, and Human Capital Accumulation." Journal of Economic Perspectives 28,4 (Fall 2014): 193-212.
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