Handedness and earnings

Laterality

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-120

  Ruebeck, Christopher S ^a   Harrington Jr , Joseph E ^b   Moffitt, Robert ^b  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SALARY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK SCHEDULE; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; OCCUPATION; RACE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33947721289     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500600992297     Document Type: Article

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