Matteo Pazzona

Dr Matteo Pazzona is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Brunel University London, specializing in empirical research at the intersection of Economics of Crime, Labor Economics, and Political Economy. He is affiliated with the Department of Economics and Finance and actively contributes to interdisciplinary projects involving econometric analysis and causal inference.

• Education:
  • PhD in Economics, University of York

His research focuses on:

• Economics of Crime
• Economics of Conflict
• Labor Economics
• Political Economy
• Economic History

Recent trends in his work include:

• Microdata analysis of conflicts and crime
• Private security sector economics
• Migration and labor market dynamics
• Political funding and behavioral economics
• Peer effects in high-skilled labor
• Commodity shocks and crime patterns

Dr Pazzona supervises PhD students in projects related to labor economics, applied microeconometric techniques, and causal inference, with a current focus on the interplay between politician funding, characteristics, and behavior. He emphasizes data collection, Python/R/STATA programming, and empirical policy analysis.