Backstory: Claudia Allende on School Choice and Competition in Chile

About this episode

Maddison speaks with Claudia Allende about her research on school choice and competition in Chile.

Maddison speaks with Claudia Allende, Assistant Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Claudia shares the backstory behind her paper with Francisco Gallego and Chris Neilson, titled “Approximating the Equilibrium Effects of Informed School Choice,” along with the story behind her related research including her job market paper, “Competition Under Social Interactions and the Design of Education Policies.” She also shares how she developed the skills to do research combining structural and empirical methods.

People in this episode

Host: Maddison

Guest: Claudia Allende

Topics covered

• school choice
• competition
• education policies
• economic research
• empirical methods

Keywords

• school choice
• competition
• Chile
• education policies
• empirical methods
• economic research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stanford Graduate School of Business

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