Shelley Phipps
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Social Interactions Identity and Well-BeingAppointment :
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Dalhousie UniversityCountry :
CanadaShelley Phipps is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Dalhousie University and holder of the Maxwell Chair in Economics since 2000. She received a BA (Honours) in Economics from the University of Victoria in 1981, an MA (1981) and then PhD from the University of British Columbia in 1997. Honours include delivering the Innis lecture to the Canadian Economics Association in 1999 and sharing the Vanderkaamp Prize for best article in Canadian Public Policy in 2001 with co-authors Martha MacDonald and Fiona MacPhail.
Dr. Phipps’ research has focussed on Canadian policy issues. A first research interest, beginning with her PhD dissertation, has been the Canadian EI programme. More recently, she has completed studies of “EI and work-life balance” and of the EI maternity and parental benefits programme. A second focus for research has been social policy more generally, particularly international comparisons of policies for families with children. A third research interest is in decision-making within families and on implications of (traditionally) women’s care-giving responsibilities for their health and labour market outcomes. Finally, Dr. Phipps continues to study determinants of the health and well-being of Canadian children. Current projects include: 1) the economic vulnerability of Canadian families with children in terms of time as well as money (SSHRCC-funded); 2) implications of child disability for parental health and labour market participation (CIHR-funded).
Dr. Phipps also has a long history of writing less ‘technical’ and more ‘policy-oriented’ documents, through consulting work for government (e.g., studies for the EI evaluation branch, a series of empirical studies of child well-being conducted for the Applied Research Branch of (then) HRDC, work with Justice Canada to help design child support awards). She has carried out research projects for institutions such as Canadian Policy Research Networks, the Canadian Population Health Initiative, and the Institute for Research on Public Policy. She recently served as the ‘Expert Advisor’ for the HRSDC evaluation of EI Compassionate Care benefits and is a member of the Statistics Canada Advisory Committee on Labour and Income Statistics.
Dr. Phipps is an active member of the academic profession in Canada. She is a past-president of the Canadian Women Economists’ Network, has served as a member of the executive council of the Canadian Economics Association, as a member of the editorial boards of the Canadian Journal of Economics, the Review of Income and Wealth. She currently serves on the editorial boards of Feminist Economics and Child Indicators Research; from 1997 until 2008, she served on the editorial board of Canadian Public Policy. Additionally, Dr. Phipps is a member of the advisory board for the Canadian Employment Research Forum and Program Director for Children, Family and Work-life issues for the Canadian Labour and Skills Research Network (CLSRN).
