Francisco Gallego

Francisco Gallego is a Full Professor at the Institute of Economics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and serves as Scientific Director of J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and Director of the Institute for Sustainable Development at PUC.

His research spans Development Economics, Political Economy, and Economics of Education, focusing on how information provision affects parental decisions, educational outcomes, and labor dynamics. Recent work explores EdTech interventions during the pandemic, school choice, and environmental policies like vehicle restrictions.

• 2024: Television-based education during the pandemic, voter responses to educational accountability.
• 2023: Historical mining impacts, commodity price effects on fertility.
• 2021: Pedagogy changes in preschools, regional development policies.

Gallego collaborates with institutions such as J-PAL and IE-PUC, and his work informs policy in Chile and Latin America. He has contributed to evaluations on tutoring programs, digital content delivery, and public space recovery.