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) - 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. European Seminars on the Economics of Crime (ESEC) - Abi Adams-Prassl (Northwestern University) The next ESEC seminar will take place on Friday, October 10th, 2025, from 2–3 PM CET online European Seminars on the Economics of Crime (ESEC) - Camille Hemet (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) The next ESEC seminar will take place on Friday 12th 2025 from 2-3PM CET online. CLEAN SEMINAR - Francesco Capozza (WZB) The next CLEAN seminar will take place on May 22nd 2025 from 4-5PM CET in Alesina Seminar room 5.e4.sr04 Floor 5, Via Röntgen 1. 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 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 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 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 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 Sunakshi Rai Jindal Research Assistant Sunakshi holds a BSc in Business and Economics from Babson College and an MSc in Economics and Social Sciences from Bocconi University. She has previo... 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Yuri Barreto Researcher Yuri Barreto earned his PhD in Economics from the Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil) in 2023 and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Bocc... 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 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 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 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 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 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... 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.
