Bio


My research primarily focuses on the economics of education and education policy in low-income countries, applying insights from psychology. Recently, I have been dabbling in machine learning and natural language processing and its applications to education research. I have previously worked at the Development Innovation Lab (UChicago), J-PAL and the OECD. Visit my personal website for more information.

Education & Certifications


  • MRes, Paris School of Economics (2020)

Research Interests


  • Assessment, Testing and Measurement
  • Data Sciences
  • Economics and Education
  • Educational Policy
  • Learning Differences
  • Poverty and Inequality
  • Psychology
  • Research Methods
  • Science Education
  • Social and Emotional Learning
  • Technology and Education

All Publications


  • Estimating heterogeneous treatment effects with item-level outcome data: Insights from Item Response Theory JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT Gilbert, J. B., Himmelsbach, Z., Soland, J., Joshi, M., Domingue, B. W. 2025

    View details for DOI 10.1002/pam.70025

    View details for Web of Science ID 001512176700001

  • Disentangling Person-Dependent and Item-Dependent Causal Effects: Applications of Item Response Theory to the Estimation of Treatment Effect Heterogeneity JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL STATISTICS Gilbert, J. B., Miratrix, L. W., Joshi, M., Domingue, B. W. 2024