Our Special Issue on Gender and Leadership

From the editor

Careers

Leveling the Playing Field

Small tweaks help first-generation college students succeed

Politics & Elections

Braggarts Become Leaders

Women at a disadvantage when competing for leadership positions

More than Risk Management

Non-hedging derivatives broadly used, but also broaden risks

Finance & Accounting

Housing’s Albatross

Negative equity weighs on the market

Policy

The Low Cost of Capturing Carbon

A climate-friendly technology may be cheaper than we thought

Economics

Who Wins with the Smart Grid?

Uncertain economics cloud the grid’s future

Leadership

Mastering Motivation

Finding a better way to work toward your goals

Volatile Assets

Why we know less about bonds than we thought

Operations

Why You Should Accept Returns

Best handling of merchandise returns may be counterintuitive

Economics

Decisions, Decisions

Why humans can’t seem to make the “right” choices

Leadership

Do Less

Why managers should stop micromanaging and trust their employees

Buying Behaviors of Emerging Middle Classes

How new consumers in developing nations choose their brands

Healthcare

When Hospitals Turn Away Ambulances

Uncovering flaws in a policy intended to prevent ER overcrowding

Healthcare

Rebooting Employer-Sponsored Healthcare

Would employees be happier with more health plan choices?

Data Analytics

The Specifics of Sleep

Using statistics to understand sleep better

Policy

Will Doctors Work Less Under “Obamacare”?

The effect of lower reimbursements on the medical workforce

Healthcare

How Poverty Damages Health

Anti-poverty programs boost recipients’ well-being

Our Special Issue on Healthcare

From the editor

Healthcare

A Patient, Not a Person

Medicine’s bad habit of dehumanizing patients