The article introduces the new issue of the journal, reviewing the contributions included therein, and placing them in context. The author discusses the recent trends in European economic policy, with specific focus on its neglected international and global spillovers.

Lo studio teorico ed empirico delle determinanti delle scelte individuali in condizione di incertezza uno dei temi pi affascinanti e pi irrisolti in economia e le sue implicazioni sono assai rilevanti in quanto riguardano la maggioranza delle nostre decisioni. Assai numerose sono nella realtˆ...

We employ the dramatic heterogeneity across ItalyÕs Regions to assess the impact of selected context factors on menÕs and womenÕs employment by means of multilevel analysis. Observing that individual factors strongly interact with local policies and institutions in determining womenÕs...

Data on contestants' choices in Italian Game Show Affari Tuoi are analysed in a way that separates the effect of risk attitude (preferences) from that of beliefs concerning the amount of money that will be offered to contestants in future rounds. The most important issue addressed in the paper...

pt. 1. There is difference in difference : diversity and heterogeneity -- pt. 2. Difference, behavior and aggregative analysis -- pt. 3. On gender diversity -- pt. 4. An application : gender diversity in the labor market.