EDUCATION:
When Public Schools Compete With Public Schools*

By Robert J. Barro

Smarter students for less money? In public schools? Hoover fellow Robert J. Barro reports the results of a new study showing that competition doesn't hurt public schools but improves them.

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Robert J. Barro is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics at Harvard University.

Barro's expertise is in the areas of macroeconomics, economic growth, and monetary theory. He is currently researching the interplay between religion and political economy.