Carlo Schwarz

Carlo Scwarz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Università Bocconi since 2020. His research interest lies in the field of applied microeconomics with a particular interest in policy-relevant questions. In his re­search, he combines causal inference strategies with techniques from text analysis, machine learning, and data science. His recent research investigates the contribution of social media to the spread of hate crimes and anti-minority sentiments online and offline as well as polarization and election outcomes. He recently started working on the analysis of images using machine learning. He is the author of numerous articles on his topics of interest. His works have been published in the American Economic Journal, The Economic Journal, and Journal of the European Economic Association, among others. He has a PhD and a MRes in Economics from the University of Warwick.