The research

The Laboratory of Applied Statistics collaborates with:

TRAILAB (Transformative actions interdisciplinary laboratory)

LoLA (Laboratory on Longevity and Ageing)

Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Alessandro Rosina. In collaboration with: Prof. Deldossi, Prof. Bonanomi, Prof. Sironi, Dr. Alfieri, Dr. Barbaglio, Dr. Barban, Dr. Bariselli, Dr. Bonazzi, Dr. Borromini, Dr. Comolli, Dr. Foroni, Dr. Marsigalia, Dr. Palumbo, Dr. Poy, Dr. Sais, Dr. Testa, Dr. Wolff.
Longitudinal sample survey on young people (18-29 years) started in 2012 and continues today. Conducted in the field by Ipsos. The LSA provides methodological support, dealing with database management, data analysis, drafting of technical reports and methodological feedback for the improvement of the various phases of investigation and the analysis methods used. Project divided into various phases and fields including "Young people and soft skills", "Adolescent capital", "Youth cognitive survey".
Annual publication: "The condition of young people in Italy. Youth Report", edited by the Giuseppe Toniolo Institute, with the scientific coordination of A. Rosina, Ed. il Mulino.

Since its establishment, it has performed the following research:

A+Adaudit – Optimization of the Advertising Audit.
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Giuseppe Boari.
Project started in 2008 and completed in 2009 Analysis of coverage data and study of the relationships between cost per GRP and planning drivers, with a view to auditing the effectiveness of advertising communication.

Adecco How I administer stability to you.
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Alessandro Rosina. In collaboration with: Prof. Sironi, Dr. Giubileo, Dr. Poy.

Analysis of Adecco data and the Youth Report on permanent hires in 2015 and analysis of attitudes towards work.

ARCI Mantova Boomerang Generation Project.
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Alessandro Rosina. In collaboration with: Dr. Poy

The 2020 "BOOMERANG generation" project aimed at encouraging forms of youth activation of various types (volunteering, civil service, school-work alternation, internship, etc.) that serve as a driving force for young people to experiment with active citizenship experiences. The focus of the project is to increase awareness that some skills and competencies can actually be gained by those who are actively involved in the social field. The contribution of the LSA concerned the area of "measurement and certification of transversal skills" of those who are included in activation paths.

ARCI Mantova The "gates of Janus": new rites of passage in the world of general interest

Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Alessandro Rosina. In collaboration with: Dr. Poy

2021 project funded by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies through the Lombardy Region. A research activity was carried out on the topic of skills (transversal or soft skills) gained as part of the volunteering paths launched by the project itself.

ARCI Civil Service Youth, civic participation between new ways and crisis of consolidated ones.
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Alessandro Rosina. In collaboration with: Dr. Failla.
The aim of the 2018 research project was to produce a report that would reorganize and systematize reflections and empirical evidence (acquired from quantitative and qualitative research) on the different relevance of specific and transversal skills, their lack in young people's training paths, the demand present in the labor market, the importance for the development of active citizenship, the role of the Civil Service in refining and enhancing them. This relationship has also been designed as a basic tool for the development of useful tools for the certification of the skills developed during the Civil Service activity. The results were presented at the conference on 12 June 2018 entitled "The enhancement of the skills of the national civil service" organized by CNESC National Conference of Civil Service Bodies.

Assimoco (ASSIcurazioni MOvimento COoperativo) Quality financial education for all.
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Alessandro Rosina. In collaboration with: Prof. Bonanomi.
A 2015 project that aimed to offer citizens education and financial counselling in order to support the most vulnerable population groups by anticipating problematic situations (promoting well-being by developing future economic potential and self-efficacy and offering families in difficulty help to get out of the crisis). It is an evolution of the Quality Financial Education project in collaboration with the Municipality of Milan, UNI and Progetica.

Cultural Association Marketing in SMEs Geo-marketing, marketing and statistics for SMEs and the territory.

Cariplo Factory Impact assessment of the "unheard talents" programme.
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Alessandro Rosina. In collaboration with: Prof. Deldossi and Dr. Poy

"Talenti inauditi", a project that began in 2017 and continued in 2018, was focused on facilitating the exit from unemployment of individuals with unexpressed potential. The objectives were: to reactivate and enable job seekers through a module path in an innovative platform inserted within Cariplo Factory. The Laboratory evaluated the impact of "Unheard-of Talents" by adopting (and adapting) a counterfactual approach by implementing an empirical strategy capable of decreeing, to the best of the possibilities provided by the actually available data, whether the treatment (participation in the program) resulted in causal effects (an impact on some objective variables of interest). This project was selected to be presented at the Università Cattolica event on the Third Mission which was held on 14 February 2019.

Casualty Actuarial Society (Arlington VA, USA) Text mining and sentiment analysis in insurance.
Scientific Coordinator: prof. Diego Zappa. In collaboration with: Prof. Savelli, Prof. Clemente, Dr. Borrelli, Dr. Spedicato

Project started in 2017 and continued in 2018 data analysis with the use of text mining tools for the extraction of severity components from claims descriptive documents.

Compagnia delle Opere Opere Educative.
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Alessandro Rosina. In collaboration with: Dr. Signorelli.
Retrieval of 2018 data and analysis of the regional demographic scenarios of the Lombard school population.

Municipality of Milan-Progetica-UNI - Quality financial education. Development of a model of Community Financial Welfare.
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Alessandro Rosina. In collaboration with: Prof. Bonanomi.
Created by the Department of Social Policies and Health Culture of the Municipality of Milan in partnership with Progetica, UNI (National Unification Body). The pilot phase began in 2012 and ended in July 2013 and continued with the experimental phase in 2014-2015. The objectives are aimed at "Policies for the development of life skills learned in areas complementary to traditional education and training systems" to encourage socialization and aggregation paths, with attention not only to counteracting risk factors, but above all to promote protective factors and to strengthen institutional connections that allow young people to use the spaces already available and recognized by them for longer. Scientific support for the monitoring of the outputs deriving from the "MI Generation Camp" Forum.
Publications: "MI Generation. The Governance Plan of Youth Policies of the City of Milan (2013-2014)" ed. Municipality of Milan, 2015

Municipality of Milan - Implementation of the youth policy plan of the city of Milan - year 2015-2016.
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Alessandro Rosina. In collaboration with: Dr. Lodolo, Dr. Marzana.
Definition of the criteria for admission to the project, analysis of the profile of NEETs potential users of the programme.

Municipality of Milan-Progetica-Uni - Quality financial education for all.
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Alessandro Rosina. In collaboration with: Dr. Bonanomi.
Scientific coordination by carrying out the qualitative evaluation of the project and the effectiveness of the final service provided. The project continues for the years 2016-2018 and develops the plan of activities already carried out in partnership with the Department of Social Policies, further developing the project of quality financial education for all. It is aimed at citizens and workers in the Milan metropolitan area, vulnerable citizens, social organizations, public administration, state, regional, municipal, institutional bodies and all stakeholders.

Credito Valtellinese – Deltas S.p.a. – Development and updating of the web pages of the "Economics and Finance" thematic area of the Group website (www.creval.it).
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Luigi Santamaria. In collaboration with: Prof. Bramante.
The 1996 project continued until 2012 with the definition of a database of statistical information of an economic, financial and social nature at three levels of territorial aggregation, national, regional and provincial. Preparation of estimates and forecasts to supplement information that is not available, available with excessive delay or difficult to find. Development of some pages relating to the local reality of the province of Sondrio and launch of a project for the identification of a basket of statistical indicators for a systematic monitoring of the local realities of Lombardy. Management and monitoring with monthly updates, completion of the monitoring project of local realities with particular attention to the provinces of Sondrio, Lecco, Como and Varese.

Dialogica - Sample plan on points of sale to estimate the sales of food products at national level.
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Alessandro Rosina. In collaboration with: Prof. Deldossi

2015 project for the definition of a sample plan on points of sale in order to estimate the sales of food products at national level.

Ebiquity Italy SrL – Average inflation.
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Alessandro Rosina. In collaboration with: Prof. Sironi, Dr. Nai Ruscone, Dr. Meco.
The 2023 project is based on the observation of the price increase that has occurred in the Media market after the Covid-19 emergency. The project aims to provide an estimate of the inflation rate of advertising costs for a set of concessionaires that replace the main players in the television market and that also operate in other sectors of traditional media. The aim is to estimate the movement of the price series in 2023 and provide a margin of uncertainty about the forecast. The ultimate goal will be to specify a robust and adaptive analysis model that updates the forecasts even beyond the time horizon of December 31, 2023, after periodic data updates.

E.BI. TEMP - Complexity and change: to know the processes of transformation of work in order to respond with innovative policies.
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Alessandro Rosina. In collaboration with Dr. Ponzellini and Dr. Signorelli.
The aim of the research, promoted by Assolavoro, which began in 2019 and continued in 2020, is to investigate the change in the structure of the labour market (composition, culture and models) and the policies to actively address these transformations and accompany the transitions. The topics covered, starting from analyses from official statistical sources, were: the (weak and slow) entry of young people and the specificities of Millennials; the ageing of the workforce and longer stays in work (and the comparison between generations); the growing presence of people from other countries.
A final report was produced and discussed in Rome on 8 November at a meeting entitled "Demography, transitions and life courses in the labour market – policies and tools for companies and policy makers", which was attended by the top management of Assolavoro and leading representatives of the European institutions (Loukas Stemitiotis), of the Academy (Stefano Sacchi), of the political forces (Claudio Durigon, Tommaso Nannicini, Annamaria Parente) and of the Government (Francesca Puglisi).

eQwa - Evaluation of the effectiveness of quality financial education activities.
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Alessandro Rosina. In collaboration with Prof. Bonanomi.
2022 project for technical support to the impact assessment of the Financial Education activity carried out within the project "WeMi – quality financial education: actions to support citizens in the planning and management of expenses and the family budget". The activity involved the construction of questionnaires to obtain effectiveness indicators

EUPOLIS Forecasting statistical analysis and research service within the Observatories System activity.

EUPOLIS Analysis of the most recent ISTAT surveys of family types, the incidence of non-self-sufficiency and the related family burdens.

FIM-CISL - Youth participation, work and representation.
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Alessandro Rosina. In collaboration with Dr. Marsigalia and Dr. Migliavacca.
2017 research on youth issues to provide empirical evidence and food for thought for processes of innovation in trade union representation in line with the needs and sensitivities of the new generations.

FISM Treviso – Demographic perspectives and network of educational services for children 0-6 years old in the Autonomous Province of Trento.
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Alessandro Rosina. In collaboration with Dr. Luppi and Dr. Vitali.
2024 project completed in 2025. The decline in the birth rate and the consequent demographic decline, destined to accentuate over the next few decades, will make the emptying by the young population more evident and rapid, especially of the less central areas of the country and in particular of the inland areas due to lack of job opportunities and services. Therefore, not only in large urban areas but especially in smaller towns, the maintenance of services is essential to hinder, or at least not to further incentivise, depopulation. Among these, the availability of childcare services, infant-toddler centres and preschools is a crucial element in order not to force young people to leave the country when they decide to start a family. The province of Treviso – and the Veneto region more generally – is characterized by an offer of places in private kindergartens that exceeds those in municipal and state schools, in contrast to what happens on average in other Italian regions. By virtue of their presence and the role they play, it is necessary to systematically study the expected repercussions of demographic dynamics on the activity and relevance of private schools in the Veneto region and more particularly in the province of Treviso. The objectives of the research are developed in 4 phases: Reading of the demographic dynamics of the territory; a mapping of childcare services; a comparative comparison with reality; policy indications for institutions and useful reflections to activate regulatory tools, resources and strategic collaborations.

GFK Eurisko Company training course on structural models with latent variables and PLS estimation.

GlaxoSmithKline Statistical evaluations of some aspects of the telephone survey on Italian dentists.

Google Monitoring of the results of the "Made in Italy: digital excellence" program.

Google Analysis of the results of the offline program "excellence in digital".

Intesa San Paolo Group Structural models with latent variables for the analysis of Customer Satisfaction questionnaires (discussion of non-linear relationships).

Intesa San Paolo Group Evaluation of procedures for the semantic analysis of the texts of communications between the Customer and the Institute (branch).

Intesa San Paolo Group Statistical processing for the definition of the technical specifications of the Import Advances product as part of the Corporate Customer Profiling project.

Hublab An analysis of skills training and the needs of the manufacturing sector in Italy.

Euro-Mediterranean Institute Analysis of the condition of young people in the territories of Olbia and Tempio Pausania
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Emiliano Sironi.
2024 project with the aim of obtaining an in-depth knowledge of the territory and the condition of young people, through the administration of questionnaires to a sample of over six hundred young people, to give local authorities useful indications for the purposes of reintegration policies into the world of work for young people who do not study and do not work (NEETs). The analysis concerned the dimensions of the evaluation of school experiences, work paths and the transition process to adulthood, with particular reference to the sphere of attitudes and orientations towards work, legality, family and social capital. The data were processed in the form of univariate and bivariate descriptive statistics tables to assess how attitudes, values and orientations change according to the socio-demographic profiles of the interviewees and on the basis of previous experiences and family background. The project was carried out under the patronage of the Municipality of Olbia and the Salesians of Don Bosco in Rome.
Publication: The living condition of young people. A territorial survey in Olbia and Tempio Pausania, edited by G. Cursi and E. Sironi, 2025, ed. Rubbettino.

Toniolo Institute with Fondazione Cariplo NeetWork Project.

Toniolo Institute Methodological and applicative support for the processing and interpretation of statistical data in the "Youth Report" Project.
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Alessandro Rosina. In collaboration with: Prof. Bonanomi, Prof. Sironi, Dr. Alfieri, Dr. Barbaglio, Dr. Barban, Dr. Bariselli, Dr. Bonazzi, Dr. Borromini, Dr. Comolli, Dr. Foroni, Dr. Marsigalia, Dr. Palumbo, Dr. Poy, Dr. Sais, Dr. Testa, Dr. Wolff.

Longitudinal sample survey on young people (18-29 years) started in 2012 and continues today. Conducted in the field by Ipsos. The LSA provides methodological support, dealing with database management, data analysis, drafting of technical reports and methodological feedback for the improvement of the various phases of investigation and the analysis methods used. Project divided into various phases and fields including "Young people and soft skills", "Adolescent capital", "Youth cognitive survey".
Annual publication: "The condition of young people in Italy. Youth Report", edited by the Giuseppe Toniolo Institute, with the scientific coordination of A. Rosina, Ed. il Mulino.

Toniolo Institute Between gratuitousness and gratitude. Civil service and volunteering in the Misericordie.

ISU – UNICATT – Survey on the quality of the catering service of the Milan Campus.
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Luigi Santamaria.
Project in 2000 with the preparation of the questionnaire for the pilot survey and processing of the pilot data, adaptation of the questionnaire on the basis of the data obtained. Preparation of the final questionnaires, drafting and discussion of the final report.

Mc Donald's Impact assessment on Soft Skills of school-work alternation experiences.

NSA S.p.A. Rating models in SMEs.

NSA S.p.A. Credit risk and macroeconomic factors.

NSA S.p.A. Guarantee fund and credit dynamics in Italy in the last decade.

Pagine Italia S.p.A. – Definition of the statistical model necessary to determine the performance of the "Useful Pages" distribution process.
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Luigi Santamaria.
1999 project divided into four phases. The first defines the characteristics of a minimum sample that allows the verification of the percentage of delivery per delivery unit. Second phase with definition of the decision-making criterion for the evaluation of the delivery rate and subsequent statistical survey of the percentage of positive responses. Third phase with the definition of the level of performance of the distributor in the hypothesis of aggregation of any number of LUs with identification of the relative level of significance. Fourth phase with definition of the segmentation of the sample in relation to the territorial and demoscopic characteristics of the UdC and the criteria with which to define the evaluation of the performance of the distribution at the Italian level.

Publitalia 80 Sampling plan for the control of the distribution of telephone directories.

Veneto Region ULSS2 Fertility management – infertility with a multi-professional team.

Autonomous Region of Valle d'Aosta Study on the analysis of demographic dynamics and population projection of the Valle d'Aosta Region.

Social Things S.r.l. Study of a questionnaire to be administered electronically to evaluate the use of some facilities related to the IoT.

Telefono Amico Italia Quantitative representation of emotional distress in Italy in the years 2012 and 2013 .
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Giulia Rivellini. In collaboration with: Dott. Sironi

Statistical processing of the data collected through telephone contacts, with the aim of identifying the main indicators relating to emotional distress (causes, forms, targets) through the analysis and comparison of the appellants' requests to be heard. The results were presented at a press conference held at Università Cattolica on 25/10/2012. The work was repeated in the following years with a focus on the theme of suicide.
A volume entitled "Listening: a safe approach. When the telephone comes to our aid" by G. Rivellini, E. Sironi, D. Briccola, L. Vendemiati, ed. Cleup.

TI Group Automotive Systems S.p.A. – Estimates of the probability of failure based on experimental data.
Scientific coordinator: Prof. Umberto Magagnoli. In collaboration with Prof. Chiodini.
2002 project for the definition of a model for the estimation of the probability of failure of automatic equipment and development of a program to make the aforementioned estimates on the basis of experimental data.

Human Analysis of the corporate population of the Bonfiglioli company.

UniCredito Italiano – S3 Project: Corporate Customer Profiling.
Scientific coordinator: Prof. Luigi Santamaria. In collaboration with Prof. Zappa.

Project of 2002 with the elaboration of the logics for the classification of Customers as having/not having each need and degree of use of the products related to its satisfaction. Definition of the statistical model to be used and comparison with alternative models. Certification of the elaborations carried out and the robustness of the model on five pilot products. Formalization of the rules for the extension of the model to the other products identified.

VolksWagen Analysis of the Customer Satisfaction survey at Italian Audi and Volkswagen dealers.

Multivariate Analysis Working Group Applications of Factor Analysis in an exploratory and confirmatory sense, Customer Satisfaction and Conjoint Analysis.
Scientific coordinator Prof. Giuseppe Boari. In collaboration with Prof. Zappa. The following participated in the working group: Doxa, Emi Music, GfK Italia S.r.l., I.M.S.-Italia, ISTAT Milano, 24 Ore System, Explorer Makrotest, Pagine Italia S.p.A., Publitalia 80.
The working group organized several meetings with the primary objective of deepening the participants' knowledge of multivariate statistical techniques and developing their use with the analysis of real problems. Particular attention was paid to exploratory data analysis techniques and to the topic of "Customer Satisfaction" evaluation, reviewing the available methodologies and at the same time highlighting the corresponding areas of application. Application examples were a particular approach to the analysis of newspaper reading data and an analysis of "Customer Satisfaction" of a bank's customers using only internal data. The Group worked from 1996 to 2008.

Working Group on Risk Analysis Statistical tools and quantitative methodologies for measuring risks in banks.
Scientific coordinator: Prof. Luigi Santamaria. In collaboration with Prof. Bramante. The following took part in the working group: Banca Popolare di Bergamo, Cassa di Risparmio di Genova e Imperia, Credito Valtellinese and Cassa di Risparmio di Parma e Piacenza.
The objective of this working group is the analysis and control of company risks, with particular reference to the analysis of financial and insurance risks. The organisational and regulatory issues underlying risk control were outlined, focusing on market risks and in particular on the "Value at risk" methodology. A study was carried out on the statistical aspects of this methodology, focusing on the probabilistic structure of the problem, the importance of volatility in the measurement of risk, the methodologies for estimating volatility and the verification of the models used, with particular attention to the quality of the information collected. The Group worked from 1996 to 2008.

Working Group on Sampling Techniques Adaptive sampling and investigation techniques using panels and/or rotated samples.
Scientific coordinator: Prof. Umberto Magagnoli. In collaboration with Prof. Chiodini. The following participated in the working group: Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture of Milan, IMS ITALIA, ISTAT, Doxa, Explorer Makrotest, Publitalia '80 S.p.A.
The Working Group, after having examined the state of the art of sampling methods and the possibilities of operational use, focused on some issues that were considered of particular interest to the participants in the work, such as those concerning the structure of the sample size, the definition of sampling techniques and procedures, the definition of the probabilistic structure for the different sample procedures, the choice of the operational plan as well as the correctness and efficiency of the estimates of population parameters. With particular attention to the effect that changes in economic and market situations have on the homogeneity of information collection conducted through surveys. The Group worked from 1996 to 2008.