Research Interests

• Politcal economy of growth, inequality and education.Analytical models of public and private education; dynamics of education, growth and the distribution of income; the balance between public and private provision of education; industrialization, democratization and social policy; education and social capital; fiscal decentralization of education.
• Economics of innovation; technology policy. Evaluation of Israel's industrial R&D support program. Microfoundations of Schumpeterian, innovation-led growth. Technological infrastructure policy.
• Regional development. A development plan for the Beer Sheva metropolitan area. Regional patterns of unemployment in Israel. Internal migration. Local demand effects on employment. Israeli-Palestinian industrial cooperation.

Selected publications by topic

Political Economy of Education, Growth and Distribution

• M. Gradstein, M. Justman, and V. Meier. The Political Economy of Education: Implications for Growth and Inequality. MIT Press, 2005.
• Y. Gilboa and M. Justman. Academic Admissions Standards: Implications for Output, Distribution and Mobility. Journal of the European Economic Association, 3(5): 1105-1133. 2005.
• D. Cohen-Zada and M. Justman. The Religious Factor in Private Education. Journal of Urban Economics, 57(3): 391-418. 2005.
• D. Cohen-Zada and M. Justman. The Political Economy of School Choice: Linking Theory and Evidence. Journal of Urban Economics, 54(2), 277-308. 2003.
• M. Gradstein and M. Justman. The Melting Pot and School Choice. Journal of Public  Economics, 89(5-6): 871-896. 2005.
• M. Gradstein and M. Justman. Education, Social Cohesion and Growth. American Economic Review, 92 (September): 1192-1204. 2002.
• M. Gradstein and M. Justman. Public Education, Social Capital and Growth. European Economic Review (Papers and proceedings) 44: 879-890. 2000.
• M. Justman and J.-F. Thisse. Local Public Funding of Higher Education when Skilled Labor is Mobile. International Tax and Public Finance 7: 247-258. 2000.
• M. Justman and M. Gradstein. Industrial Revolution, Political Transition, and the Subsequent Decline in Inequality in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Explorations in Economic History 36:109-127. 1999.
• M. Justman and J.-F. Thisse. Implications of the Mobility of Skilled Labor for Local Public Funding of Higher Education. Economics Letters 55: 409-412. 1997.
• M. Justman and J.-F. Thisse. Faut-il Regionaliser L’enseignement Superieur? Revue Economique 48:569-577. 1997.
• M. Gradstein and M. Justman. Democratic Choice of an Education System: Implications for Growth and Income Distribution. Journal of Economic Growth 2:169-183. 1997.
• M. Gradstein and M. Justman. Competitive Investment in Higher Education: The Need for Policy Coordination. Economics Letters 47:393-400. 1995.

Political Economy of Education, Growth and Distribution

• M. Justman. Transitional Dynamics of Output, Wages and Profits in Innovation-Led Growth. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 15(2) 183-205. 2004.
• M. Justman. Structural change and the emergence of Israel’s hi-tech sector. In A. Ben-Bassat, ed., The Israeli Economy 1985-1998: From Government Intervention to Market Economics, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002, pp. 445-483.
• M. Justman and E. Zuscovitch. The Economic Impact of Subsidized Industrial R&D in Israel. R&D Management, 32:191-199. 2002.
• M. Justman. Swarming Mechanics. Economics of Innovation and New Technology 4:235-244. 1996.
• M. Teubal, D. Foray, M. Justman, and E. Zuscovitch, eds., Technological Infrastructure Policy: An International Perspective. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1996.
• M. Justman and M. Teubal. Technological Infrastructure Policy: Creating Capabilities and Building Markets. Research Policy 24:259-281. 1995.
• M. Justman. Infrastructure, Growth, and the Two Dimensions of Industrial Policy. Review of Economic Studies 62:131-157. 1995.

Regional Development

• M. Justman, J.-F. Thisse  and T. Van Ypersele. Fiscal Competition and Regional Differentiation. Regional Science and Urban Economics 35(6): 848-861. 2005.
• M. Justman and A. Spivak. Socio-Economic Dynamics of Local Authorities in Israel: Theory and Evidence. Israel EconomicReview 2(1), 1-27. 2004.
• M. Justman, J.-F. Thisse  and T. Van Ypersele. Taking the Bite out of Fiscal Competition. Journal of Urban Economics, 52 (September): 294-315. 2002.
• M. Justman. The Effect of Local Demand on Industry Location. Review of Economics and Statistics 76:742-753. 1994.