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 CLEAN SEMINAR - Olivier Marie (Uni Rotterdam) The next CLEAN seminar will take place on Wednesday, March 19th 2025 from 4-5PM CET in Room 2-E4-SR03 of the Roentgen building. CLEAN SEMINAR - Francesco Ambrosini (Uni Padova) The next CLEAN seminar will take place on Tuesday, March 11th 2025 from 4-5PM CET in Room 5-E4-SR04 of the Roentgen building. CLEAN - LSE SEMINAR - Romain Ferrali (Aix Marseille School of Economics) The next CLEAN seminar, in collaboration with LSE, will take place on March 5th 2025 from 4-5PM CET online. CLEAN - LSE SEMINAR - Bocar Ba (Duke University) The next CLEAN seminar, in collaboration with LSE, will take place on February 19th 2025 from 4-5PM 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 Rodrigo Santos Research Assistant Rodrigo is currently completing the BSc in Economics at the Federal University of Pernambuco in Brazil, his main areas of expertise are machine learni... 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 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 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 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 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 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 ... Image Nicola Limodio Fellow Nicola Limodio is an assistant professor of finance at Bocconi University. He was awarded a PhD in Economics from LSE in 2017 and a Bsc and Msc in Eco... 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 Giovanna Marcolongo Researcher Giovanna Marcolongo completed her PhD in Economics at Boston University in 2020 and is now a postdoctoral fellow at Bocconi University. She works at t... 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 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 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 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 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 Antonio Marra Research Fellow Antonio Marra is Associate Professor at the Department of Accounting of Bocconi University, and Academic Director of the Master of Science in Accounti... 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 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 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... 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.