Shelley Phipps

Shelley Phipps is a Professor in the Department of Economics, Dalhousie University. She currently holds the Maxwell Chair in Economics, is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (Social Interactions, Identity and Well-Being Group) and is the Program Director for Children, Family and Work-life Issues for the Canadian Labour and Skills Research Network (a SSHRCC-funded cluster). She is also affiliated with the European Union Centre of Excellence.

Her research has focused on the health and well-being of Canadian children, the implications of women's paid and unpaid work for women's health, international comparisons of social policy, poverty and inequality, and decision-making within families.

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