A new study suggests that left-handed people are less financially successful as compared to those who favor their right hand. The study is the first to look and compare the earnings of people depending on their dominant hand.
Scientists presume that some people are naturally left-handed due to the stress or trauma they encountered while they were in their mother's womb.
Some of the famous "lefties" include Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Julia Roberts, and Oprah Winfrey. These people are definitely financially successful, but a new study claimed that lefties earn 12 percent less over their lifetime than the righties.
Researchers from Harvard University examined data of 47,000 people from the United Kingdom and the United States to determine whether being left-handed can be a disadvantage at work. The analysis showed that one in eight people are born left-handed and are most likely to have learning challenges. Their financial earnings during their lifetime are also 12 percent less compared to the right-handed employees, according to the Daily Mail.
The researchers were uncertain why the lefties earn less than the righties, but they presume that it could be because of their fundamental cognitive disadvantage. People with dominant left hand have brains that are wired differently which makes them at risk of learning disabilities such as dyslexia.
"My study found that that differential brain wiring may affect the way people process language. And that seems to have a little effect on math scores, reading scores, and earnings later in life," said study leader Joshua Goodman, an associate professor of public policy at Harvard, to FoxNews.com.
On a brighter side, left-handed people raised by left-handed parents are more likely to be as successful as the right-handed people.
"There is some evidence that if you and your parent are on the same page actually you might be fine," he added.
This study was published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives.
