Claudia Allende Santa Cruz
Assistant Professor of Economics
Center Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Kevin J. O’Donohue Family Faculty Scholar for 2022–2023
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Research Statement
Claudia Allende is an applied microeconomist. She uses insights and empirical tools from Industrial Organization to study markets where public and private providers compete in an environment with substantial subsidies and regulation. The research projects focus on understanding the effects of public policies in equilibrium, taking into account frictions that are specific to industries like education, health care, and transportation. She collaborates with governments, NGOs, and private companies to build large data and rich sets from administrative records, collect additional data through surveys, and implement randomized control trials.
Research Interests
- Industrial Organization
- Applied Microeconomics
- Economics of Education
- Market Design
- Development Economics
Academic Degrees
- PhD, Economics and Education, Columbia University, 2020
- MA, Economics, Universidad Catolica de Chile, 2012
- BA, Business and Economics, Universidad Catolica de Chile, 2011
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2021–present
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Becker-Friedman Institute, University of Chicago, 2020–21
Awards and Honors
- Design Fellowship, Stanford Impact Labs, 2021
- Speaker, Review of Economic Studies Tour, 2020
- Rising Star Prize, IIOC, 2020