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 - LSE SEMINAR - Katie Bollman (Oregon State University) The next CLEAN seminar, in collaboration with LSE, will take place on April 30th 2025 from 4-5PM CET online. CLEAN - LSE SEMINAR - Magdalena Dominguez (IFS) The next CLEAN seminar, in collaboration with LSE, will take place on April 16th 2025 from 4-5PM CET online. CLEAN - LSE SEMINAR - Stephen Machin (LSE) The next CLEAN seminar, in collaboration with LSE, will take place on April 2nd 2025 from 4-5PM CET online. RAI 3 TGR-Leonardo highlights Campedelli, Daniele, and Le Moglie’s research on predicting Mafia infiltration 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Paolo Pinotti Founder and 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Elisa Borghi Elisa Borghi is a Lecturer in Economics at Bocconi University. She teaches microeconomics, macroeconomics and international economics. She received he... 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 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... 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.