About us We investigate criminal behavior employing detailed data and frontier quantitative methods. We are particularly interested in the activity of criminal organizations pursuing complex illicit businesses such as drug trafficking, corruption, and money laundering. The CLEAN Unit for the Economic Analysis of Crime is part of the BAFFI research center. News European Seminars on the Economics of Crime (ESEC) - Pedro Souza (Queen Mary University of London) The next ESEC seminar will take place on Friday, December 5 2025 at 2 pm (Milan/CET) European Seminars on the Economics of Crime (ESEC) - Heng Chen (University of Hong Kong) The next ESEC seminar will take place on November 21 at 2pm (Milan/CET) European Seminars on the Economics of Crime (ESEC) - Daniel Cunha Byström (University of Gothenburg) The next ESEC seminar will take place on November 7 at 2pm (Milan/CET). European Seminars on the Economics of Crime (ESEC) - Brendon McConnell (City St Georges, University of London) The next ESEC seminar will take place on Friday, October 24th, 2025, from 2–3 PM CET online. News New IZA Discussion paper - Small Children, Big Problems: Childbirth and Crime A new discussion paper by CLEAN researchers Diogo Britto, Paolo Pinotti, and Breno Sampaio, coathored with Roberto Hsu Rocha, is now available on the IZA website! Keynote Speech: Paolo Pinotti - Bolzano Applied Microeconomics Workshop CLEAN's director Paolo Pinotti was invited as a keynote speaker during the last edition of the Bolzano Applied Microeconomics Workshop, which took place between March 15th and 16th, 2024. Four new papers accepted for publication! We are ecstatic to announce that four new papers from CLEAN researchers have been accepted for publication! CLEAN - LSE Seminar Series - Felipe Valencia Caicedo (University of British Columbia) The next CLEAN seminar, in collaboration with LSE, will take place on Wednesday, May 22nd 2024, from 4-5 p.m. Italian time. Immigration and Crime: An International Perspective Immigrants are often overrepresented among offenders, but immigration does not seem to affect crime rates, and legal status reduces criminality. What gives? Read the paper (published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives) by Olivier Marie and Paolo Pinotti. Newsletter Subscribe and get our newsletter CLEAN Insights SUBSCRIBE People Image Livio Di Lonardo Research Fellow Livio Di Lonardo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at Bocconi University and a Research Affiliate at the Ca... Image Breno Sampaio Research Fellow Breno Sampaio is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Universidade Federal de Pernambuco/UFPE, Brazil and Director of the Group for t... Image Hector Solaz Research Fellow Hector is an adjunct professor in the department of social and political sciences at Bocconi University and Research Fellow at CLEAN. Prior to assumin... Image Michele Polo Research Fellow Michele Polo (PhD) is Full Professor in Economics and ENI Chair in Energy Markets at Bocconi University (Milan, Italy). His research interests are in ... Image Nicola Pecchiari Research Fellow Nicola Pecchiari, born in Italy in 1966, is Senior Lecturer of Accounting at Bocconi University. He is Chartered Accountant and Registered Auditor in ... Image Caio Pedro Castro PhD Student Fellow Caio is a PhD student in Economics at Bocconi University, Milan, Italy. He has a B.A in economics from Insper and a MSc in economics at the University... Image Gianmarco Daniele Executive Director and Researcher Gianmarco Daniele is an Associate Professor at University of Milan. He obtained his PhD in 2015 at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He has then worked as p... Image Diego Zambiasi Research Fellow Diego Zambiasi is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Economics at Newcastle University, UK, specialising in the economics of crime. His research exam... Image Martina Vittoria Parisi Research Assistant Martina holds a BSc in International Economics and Management, and an MSc in Economics and Social Sciences from Bocconi University. She has previously... Image Gema Lax Martínez Research Fellow Gema Lax Martínez is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Catholic University of Milan. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Lausanne.... Image Paolo Pinotti Founder and Researcher Paolo Pinotti is Endowed Chair in the Economic Analysis of Crime in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at Bocconi University, Founder of ... Image Donato Masciandaro Research Fellow Central Banking Research Unit Director. Donato Masciandaro is Full Professor of Economics. From 2005 he holds the Chair in Economics of Financial Regu... Image Lavinia Piemontese Research Fellow Lavinia Piemontese is Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Bologna. Previously, she was a Marie Skłodowska-Cuire Fellow for the proje... Image Erick Baumgartner PhD Student Fellow I am a PhD student in Economics at Bocconi University, Milan, Italy. I am interested in Development, Labor and Public Economics. Before joining the Ph... Image Massimo Pulejo Research Fellow Massimo Pulejo is a PhD Candidate at New York University and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Milan. His research examines the inte... Image Zachary Porreca Researcher Zachary Porreca is a postdoctoral fellow at Bocconi University. He completed his PhD in Economics at West Virginia University in 2023. He is an applie... Image Diogo Britto Scientific Director Diogo Britto is Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Milan-Bicocca, Director of the CLEAN Unit at Bocconi University, and UniCredit F... Image Francesco Decarolis Research Fellow Associate Professor of Economics at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, where he teaches and conducts research in industrial organization, with a focu... Image Beca Stockman Research Assistant Beca holds a BSc in Public Affairs from Indiana University and is currently pursuing a MSc in Economic and Social Sciences at Bocconi University. Prev... Image Marco Le Moglie Research Fellow Marco Le Moglie is a post doctoral researcher at Bocconi University since 2016. He holds a Phd in Economics from the University of Turin and Collegio ... prev next Where we work Our projects take place across several countries, mostly in Europe and North and South America
New IZA Discussion paper - Small Children, Big Problems: Childbirth and Crime A new discussion paper by CLEAN researchers Diogo Britto, Paolo Pinotti, and Breno Sampaio, coathored with Roberto Hsu Rocha, is now available on the IZA website!
Keynote Speech: Paolo Pinotti - Bolzano Applied Microeconomics Workshop CLEAN's director Paolo Pinotti was invited as a keynote speaker during the last edition of the Bolzano Applied Microeconomics Workshop, which took place between March 15th and 16th, 2024.
Four new papers accepted for publication! We are ecstatic to announce that four new papers from CLEAN researchers have been accepted for publication!
CLEAN - LSE Seminar Series - Felipe Valencia Caicedo (University of British Columbia) The next CLEAN seminar, in collaboration with LSE, will take place on Wednesday, May 22nd 2024, from 4-5 p.m. Italian time.
