Claudia Allende Santa Cruz
Assistant Professor of Economics
Center Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Charles and Melissa Froland Faculty Scholar for 2024–2025
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Bio
Claudia Allende Santa Cruz is an applied microeconomist, using insights and empirical tools from industrial organization to study markets where public and private providers compete in an environment with substantial subsidies and regulation.
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
Awards and Honors
- John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Faculty Scholar for 2023–24
- Kevin J. O’Donohue Family Faculty Scholar for 2022–23
- Design Fellowship, Stanford Impact Labs, 2021
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Becker-Friedman Institute, University of Chicago, 2020–21
- Speaker, Review of Economic Studies Tour, 2020
- Rising Star Prize, IIOC, 2020
Research Statement
My 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. I collaborate 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.