RESEARCH
MAIN PUBLICATIONS AND WORKING PAPERS
Refereed
"Uncovering the Gender Participation Gap in Crime" with E. Gavrilova, European Economic Review, 2018, doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2018.03.014 download
"The Role of Museums in Bilateral Tourist Flows: Evidence from Italy" with M. Richiardi, Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 70-3, 1 July 2018, pp.658-679 download
"Rationalizable Suicides: Evidence from Changes in Inmates' Expected Length of Sentence" with T. Diasakos and G. Mastrobuoni, Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 15-2, April 2017, pp.388-428 download
"Returns to Education in Criminal Organizations: Did Going to College Help Michael Corleone?" with R. Gray and G. Mastrobuoni, Economics of Education Review, Vol. 54, October 2016, pp. 242-258 download
"Women in Crime", IZA World of Labor,105, November 2014 (updated version July 2019), doi:10.15185/izawol.105 (downloadable at http://wol.iza.org/articles/women-in-crime)
"The Causal Effect of Trade on Migration: Evidence from Countries of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership," Labour Economics, Vol. 30, October 2014, pp. 223–233 download
"Mega Events in Sports and Crime: Evidence from the 1990 Football World Cup," Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 14 no. 2, April 2013, pp. 148-170 download
"Migrazioni e commercio nell'area del partenariato euro-mediterraneo," Rassegna Economica. Quaderni Premio Rassegna Economica, Nr 21/2012, pp. 165-179.
Working papers
"Gender Norms and Crime"
"The impact of Twitter on Cultural Consumption" with S. Ciarlantini e V. Mollisi
"Parental Love is Not Blind: Identifying Selection into Early School Start" with A. Aparicio Fenoll and I. Monzon (submitted)
"The Unexpected Consequences of Gender Equality" with L. Cavaglia' (submitted)
Work progress
"Peer Effects in Tenant Delinquency: Evidence From a Quasi-Natural Experiment in Public Housing" with M. Macaluso
"The Making of Creativity"
MEDIA
Written pieces and interviews
Torino punti tutto sulla conoscenza, e’ la Boston d’Italia, interview, La Stampa, June 5 2023
Dibattito nella trasmissione televisiva Dimartedi’, La7, May 17 2023
AI tempo presente; Ep. 2: Arte e Cultura (podcast), July 2022
What do we know about female criminality and how to control it?, IZA World of Labor - Commentary, April 23 2018.
When crime pays: mobsters who spent more time at school earned more money (with R. Gray and G.Mastrobuoni), The Conversation, December 11, 2017.
Is suicide rationalizable? Evidence from Italian prison, Oxford University Press blog, May 28, 2017
Radio Rai Alto Adige, radio interview, March 10, 2017
Organised crime: the economic underbelly, interview, World Finance Magazine, 16-1-2017
BBC World Service radio interview, March 21, 2016
Un primo passo per carceri meno affollate (with G. Mastrobuoni), La Voce, 28-12-2013
Decreto carceri, e’ tutta una questione di selezione (with G. Mastrobuoni), La Voce, 25-06-2013
Contributor to the online magazine - “Economia@CentroEinaudi”, Centro Einaudi, Turin, Italy, 2009-2010.
Research featured in the press
- Anti-corruption and gender: the role of women's political participation, Westminster Foundation for Democracy, January 2022
- Women as actors of Transnational Organized Crime in Africa, INTERPOL, November 3, 2021
- Female crimes : related theories and postulations, Pleaders - Intelligent Legal Solutions, October 15, 2021
- As mulheres têm necessidades e vontades próprias, Jornal i - SAPO, August 8th, 2021
- Getting Rich Quick: What People Will Do for a High Income, HR Future Magazine, July 20, 2021
- Crime has no gender: meet Europe's most wanted female fugitives, EUROPOL, October 18, 2019
- Mobster make more money when they stay in school, Delano, December 15, 2017
- Going straight: what are the alternatives for entrepreneurial ex-cons?, BusinessZONE, April 12, 2017
- Anche nella mafia serve la laurea, Italia Oggi, February 3, 2017
- Gangster laureati, La Mescolanza, February 3, 2017
- Mafiosi e laureati? Anche per i figli dei boss i conti non tornano, VNY La Voce di New York, February 3, 2017
- Bookish Mobsters Made Better Bookies, Scientific American, October 29, 2016
- Even For Mobsters Getting A College Degree Pays Off, Fortune, July 9, 2016
- Crims’ gender gap, Professional Security Magazine Online, April 13, 2017
- Hooliganisme: culture déviante ou déviance culturelle?, UP magazine, June 15, 2016
- Le hooliganism au miroir des sciences sociales, The conversation, June 14, 2016
- Violences a l'Euro: dans la tete des hooligans, des "deviants sociaux", Sud Ouest, June 14, 2016
- Les violences liees au foot, inevitables mais pas ingerables, Slate Magazine, June 13, 2016
- Mafia criminals' income "boosted by education", BBC News, June 13, 2016
- The Godfather effect: How education helps criminal earn more, The Sidney Morning Herald, April 30, 2016
- Comment réussir dans la mafia?, Sciences Humaines, April 6, 2016
- Estudiar paga...en cualquier parte, El Tiempo, April 2, 2016
- Higher levels of education 'can benefit mobsters', Times Higher Education, March 23, 2016
- Mobster U: Even the Mafia benefits from more school, The Globe and Mail, March 22, 2016
- Clever crooks get more money than dim-witted criminals, university study shows, Clacton Gazette, March 22, 2016
- Mobsters who stay in school earn more from their business dealings, The Irish Times, March 21, 2016.
- Educated criminals earn more, study suggests, Belfast Telegraph, March 21, 2016
- Educated criminals earn more, study suggests, Independent.ie, March 21, 2016
- House prices soar inaffluent areas where local schools improve their Ofsted rating, research shows, The Independent, March 21, 2016
- Mobsters who stay in school become more successful criminals, research shows, TES reporter, March 21, 2016
- Tourisme et criminalité, Le Monde, January 4, 2016
- Mi casa es su casa, National Affairs, June 2, 2014
- Is pardoning prisoners the best way to keep jail costs low?, Economic Logic, April 20, 2012