European Seminars on the Economics of Crime (ESEC)

European Seminars on the Economics of Crime take place on Fridays, 1pm - 2pm (2 - 3pm CET), unless otherwise stated.

This series is part of the CEP's Crime Research Group.

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This series is co-organised with Anna Bindler (DIW Berlin and University of Potsdam), Gianmarco Daniele (CLEAN Unit, Bocconi University), Randi Hjalmarsson (University of Gothenburg), Nadine Ketel (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ), Tom Kirchmaier (London School of Economics) and Olivier Marie (Erasmus University Rotterdam).

Participants are expected to adhere to the CEP Events Code of Conduct.

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Friday 05 December 2025 13:00 - 14:00

The labour market effects of crime victimisation

Using a novel dataset encompassing all crime reports in Brazil and employing a matched differences-in-differences design, we find that victims of assault experience a 7-10% reduction in labor market participation, with p...Read more...

Pedro Souza (Queen Mary University of London)

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Friday 21 November 2025 13:00 - 14:00

The scar of political conflict: evidence from tear gas deployments in Hong Kong

This study examines how exposure to political violence reshapes market behavior by leveraging Hong Kong’s 2019-2020 protests. Exploiting local variation in tear gas deployment–the primary crowd-control weapon marking sit...Read more...

Heng "Henry" Chen (University of Hong Kong)

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Friday 07 November 2025 13:00 - 14:00

From friends to ‘family’: schools, neighborhoods, and gang recruitment

This paper examines how gang-related criminal behavior spreads through extended family and peer networks, using newly linked Swedish administrative data covering over 18,000 individuals with confirmed gang affiliation. W...Read more...

Daniel Cunha Byström (University of Gothenburg)

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Friday 24 October 2025 13:00 - 14:00

Financial incentives and public safety: the role of blood plasma donation centers in crime reduction

The United States is one of the few OECD countries to pay individuals to donate blood plasma and is the most generous in terms of remuneration. The opening of a local blood plasma center represents a positive, prospectiv...Read more...

Brendon McConnell (City St Georges, University of London)

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Friday 10 October 2025 13:00 - 14:00

The economic impacts of rape

We estimate the economic impacts of rape using Finnish administrative data. Victims experience a 19% decline in employment, a 26% drop in earnings, and a 13% increase in antidepressant usage compared to otherwise observa...Read more...

Abi Adams-Prassl (Northwestern University)

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Friday 12 September 2025 13:00 - 14:00

Custodial versus non-custodial sentences: Long-run evidence from an anticipated reform.

We study the relative impact of custodial and non-custodial sentences on later crime and labor-market outcomes in Denmark, a country where detention conditions are particularly good. To do so, we take advantage of a larg...Read more...

Camille Hemet (Paris School of Economics)

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Wednesday 21 May 2025 15:00 - 16:00

Co-hosted with CLEAN - Bocconi University

Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence

Jens Ludwig (University of Chicago)

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Wednesday 21 May 2025 15:00 - 16:00

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Jens Ludwig (University of Chicago)

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Wednesday 14 May 2025 15:00 - 16:00

Co-hosted with CLEAN - Bocconi University

Corruption and impunity

Henrik Sigstad (BI Norwegian Business School), joint with Guilherme Lambais, Ricardo Raoni Werlang Prioste

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Wednesday 30 April 2025 15:00 - 16:00

Co-hosted with CLEAN - Bocconi University

Gun Policy and the Steel Paradox: Evidence from Oregunians

Katie Bollman (Oregon State University), joint with Benjamin Hansen, Edward Rubin, Garrett Stanford

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Wednesday 16 April 2025 15:00 - 16:00

Co-hosted with CLEAN - Bocconi University

Delineating Brazilian Gangs

This paper studies gangs in Brazil, an underexplored yet highly disruptive setting in organised crime. Using information from the intelligence, occurrences and prison records, we identify and label gang clusters by optim...Read more...

Magdalena Dominguez (Institute for Fiscal Studies), joint with Rui Costa, Rebecca Rose, and Matteo Sandi

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Wednesday 02 April 2025 15:00 - 16:00

Co-hosted with CLEAN - Bocconi University

Crime and Prices: Evidence From Thefts of Expensive Precious Metals

The core prediction that economic incentives matter for crime is examined in a novel way through study of thefts of expensive precious metals by car parts thieves stealing catalytic converters (“cats”). Catalytic convert...Read more...

Stephen Machin (CEP, LSE), joint with Gerald Foong and Matteo Sandi

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Wednesday 05 March 2025 15:00 - 16:00

Co-hosted with CLEAN - Bocconi University

Audits and Bureaucratic Corruption: Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities

Romain Ferrali (Aix Marseille School of Economics)

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Wednesday 19 February 2025 15:00 - 16:00

Co-hosted with CLEAN - Bocconi University

Understanding Demand for Police Alternatives

Bocar Ba (Duke University), joint with Meghna Baskar, Tony Cheng, and Rei Mariman

ONLINE

Wednesday 05 February 2025 15:00 - 16:00

Co-hosted with CLEAN - Bocconi University

Landing on Water: Air Interdiction, Drug-Trafficking Displacement, and Violence in the Brazilian Amazon

Rodrigo Soares (Insper, Brazil)

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Wednesday 11 December 2024 15:00 - 16:00

Co-hosted with CLEAN - Bocconi University

Accessing the safety net: how Medicaid affects health and recidivism

Analisa Packham (Vanderbilt University)

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Wednesday 27 November 2024 15:00 - 16:00

Co-hosted with CLEAN - Bocconi University

Police Video-Surveillance & Crime: Evidence from a Nationwide Program

Patricio Dominguez (Pontificial Catholic University of Chile), joint with Pedro Rodriguez (George Washington University)

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Wednesday 20 November 2024 15:00 - 16:00

Co-hosted with CLEAN - Bocconi University

Tackling Sexual Harassment: Short and Long Run Experimental Evidence from India

Karmini Sharma (Imperial College London)

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Wednesday 13 November 2024 15:00 - 16:00

Co-hosted with CLEAN - Bocconi University

Partial Identification in Police Oversight and Reform

Dean Knox (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)

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Wednesday 06 November 2024 15:00 - 16:00

Co-hosted with CLEAN - Bocconi University

Correcting racial injustice: Forensic DNA technology and the exoneration of the wrongfully convicted

We study the effects of laws streamlining access to post-conviction forensic DNA technology ("DNA laws"). We present a conceptual framework in which DNA laws' effects differ by race due to unequal access to non-DNA exone...Read more...

Rocco d'Este (University of Sussex), joint with Noam Yuchtman

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Wednesday 30 October 2024 15:00 - 16:00

Co-hosted with CLEAN - Bocconi University

Harvesting Votes: The Electoral Effects of the Italian Land Reform

Bruno Caprettini (University of St Gallen)

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