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 Two new published papers! We are thrilled to announce that two papers by our researchers have been accepted for publication in Energy Economics and the Review of Economic Studies! Four new working papers! This summer has been fruitful for Diogo Britto, Gianmarco Daniele, Marco Le Moglie, Giovanna Marcolongo, Paolo Pinotti, and Zachary Porreca, who have all posted new working papers in recent months! CLEAN’s Gianmarco Daniele featured on Wired Italia Last month, Gianmarco Daniele sat down with Wired Italia’s podcast Grande Giove to chat about the role of data analysis and artificial intelligence in combating crime.Give it a listen here (Italian). CLEAN researchers featured in ECO Magazine July’s edition of ECO Magazine featured pieces by our own Diogo Britto, Giovanna Marcolongo, and Paolo Pinotti! 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 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 Giacomo Campagnola Research Assistant Giacomo holds a BSc in Business and Economics from University of Padua and a MSc in Economic and Social Sciences from Bocconi University. He is curren... Image Michela Braga Michela Braga is a Lecturer of the Departement of Economics at Bocconi University since 2003. She obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from Università Boccon... 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 Luca Parisotto PhD Student Fellow I am a first-year Phd student at Bocconi University. Before enrolling in the Phd Program I was working in the Development Research Group at the World ... Image Caique Melo PhD Student Fellow Caíque Melo is a PhD Student in Social and Political Science at Bocconi University. He earned his BA and MSc in Economics in Brazil. His research delv... Image Catherine De Vries Research Fellow Catherine is a professor in the department of social and political sciences at Bocconi University, a Research Associate at the Dondena Centre for Rese... Image Maria Eliúde Research Assistant Maria received a BSc in Economics at Federal University of Ceara, Brazil, and a MSc in Economics at Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil, where sh... Image Eleonora Montani Fellow Eleonora Montani is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Legal Studies at Bocconi University. She holds a LL.M. in Psychology and Forensic Psychopat... 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 Paolo Pinotti Scientific Director Paolo Pinotti is Endowed Chair in the Economic Analysis of Crime in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at Bocconi University, Scientific ... 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 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 Elisa Borghi Elisa Borghi is a Lecturer in Economics at Bocconi University. She teaches microeconomics, macroeconomics and international economics. She received he... 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 Gema Lax Martínez Research Fellow Gema Lax Martínez is a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Lausanne. Her fields of specialization are Economic History and Conflict. Gema ... Image Diogo Britto Research Fellow Diogo Britto is a Senior Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Milan-Bicocca and UniCredit Foundation Marco Fanno Fellow. He... Image Noemi Facchetti Research Assistant Noemi holds a BSc and MSc in Economics and Social Sciences from Bocconi University. Previously, she worked as a research assistant at the Laboratory f... 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 Rafael Pintro Schmitt Research Assistant Rafael holds a BSc and MSc in Economics and Social Sciences from Bocconi. He currently works at CLEAN, is a research fellow at ExpPov, and has served ... 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.
