Maira Emy Reimão
Maira is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics and the Global Research Fellow at the Moran Center for Global Leadership, both at the Villanova School of Business, Villanova University. For the 2022/23 and 2023/24 academic years, she is also a Visiting Faculty Member with the Center for Peace and Justice Education (CPJE) at Villanova University. Her research is primarily in development economics, with interests in migration, gender, and labor. Her recent work has focused on seasonal migration and a series of randomized control trials (RCTs) offering subsidies to encourage domestic migration in Bangladesh. In this line of research, she is particularly interested in the effect of temporary migration on beliefs and social norms, as well as its relationship to permanent migration and urbanization. Her other main topics of research include childcare and other policies aimed at increasing female labor force participation; migration and those who stay behind; and measurements of empowerment and agency.
