Francisco A. Gallego

Francisco A. Gallego

Full Professor of Economics, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (PUC-Chile)
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About

Francisco is a Full Professor at the Institute of Economics at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Co-Scientific Director of J-PAL Latin America & the Caribbean, and currently serves as Provost for Institutional Affairs at PUC Chile (since 2025). He earned his BA and MA at PUC-Chile and his PhD in Economics at MIT, then joined the PUC faculty in 2006 and has been Full Professor since 2020. His research spans the economics of education, development, economic history, and political economy in Latin America. He was awarded the Mario Henrique Simonsen Memorial Lecture in 2013 by LACEA. He and Christopher are long-running collaborators on Chilean education-policy research, including the equilibrium effects of informed school choice and the digital school profiles work.

Background

  • Economics of Education
  • Development Economics
  • Economic History
  • Political Economy

Education

  • PhD, Economics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • MA, Economics · Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • BA, Economics and Business Administration · Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Career

  • Provost for Institutional Affairs (Prorrector de Gestión Institucional), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2025–present)
  • Full Professor, Institute of Economics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2020–present)
  • Professor (full-time), Faculty of Economics and Business, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2006–2020)
  • Co-Scientific Director, J-PAL LAC, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (present)

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