Mayra Pineda Torres

Assistant Professor

Member Of:
  • School of Economics
  • Development Studies Program
Office Phone: (404) 385-1363
Office Location: Old Civil Engineering 220
Related Links:
Email Address: mpinedat@gatech.edu

Overview

Mayra Pineda-Torres is an Assistant Professor in the School of Economics at Georgia Tech. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from Texas A&M University. Her research interests lie at the intersection of health, labor, and gender economics. She is mainly concerned with topics related to teenagers and women’s equality and welfare. Her body of work explores the health and economic implications of reproductive health care policies. This includes studies on the long-run impacts of contraception and abortion policies implemented in the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s and contemporary policies such as mandatory waiting periods for abortion, targeted regulations of abortion providers, and abortion bans. 

Education:
  • Ph.D. Economics, Texas A&M University
  • B.A. Economics, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM)
Awards and
Distinctions:
  • 2025 IAC Faculty Excellence in Research Award
  • 2023 Carole Joffe and Stanley Henshaw Early Achievement in Social Science Research Award
  • 2020 IWPR Doctoral Fellow in Economics & Reproductive Health

Interests

Teaching Interests:
Prof. Pineda-Torres's teaching focuses on health economics classes at the undergraduate level. Her courses cover topics on the demand and supply for health care and health insurance in the U.S. from a theoretical and practical perspective, and the economic analysis of health care-related policies and their consequences. Professor Pineda-Torres' research is student-focused and actively involves both graduate and undergraduate students.
Research Interests:
Prof. Pineda-Torres' research lies at the intersection of health economics, labor economics, and gender economics. Her research is mainly concerned with topics related to women's and teens' welfare, and her body of work examines the health and economic consequences of access to reproductive health care.
Research Fields:
  • Applied Microeconomics
  • Development Economics
  • Health Economics
  • Labor Economics
  • Public Economics

Courses

  • ECON-4510: Health Economics
  • ECON-4699: Undergraduate Research
  • ECON-4803: Economics of Risky Behaviors

Publications

Updated:  Jan 13th, 2026 at 3:33 PM