Maira Emy Reimão is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the Villanova School of Business, Villanova University. Her research is primarily in development economics, and her interests include labor, gender, and migration. Some of her current research projects are on the effect of temporary migration on beliefs and social norms; the relationship between temporary migration and urbanization; migration and those who stay behind; childcare and other policies aimed at increasing female labor force participation; and measurements of empowerment and agency. She has current and recent research in Brazil, Guatemala, Ecuador, Bangladesh, and Kenya. 
Maira received her Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California – Davis, and an M.Phil. in Development Studies from Oxford University and a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.