Jennifer Stewart

Associate Professor, Director of SPPA — health economics; labour economics

Email Jennifer Stewart
613-520-2600 ext 2632

My research is in the fields of health and labour economics, particularly in the areas where they overlap, such as the impact of labour force status on health status and vice versa. Recently, I have been examining the impact of maternal employment on child outcomes. One area of research examines the effect of maternal employment on long-run outcomes, such as employment, income, and post-secondary attendance. Another area of research examines the effect of maternal employment on the child’s likelihood of being overweight, in particular, we try to determine the reasons there is a relationship and factors that may moderate or exacerbate the relationship.<

Honours

CAUT Dedicated Service Award (2015)
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Research (Social Science) (1999)

Publications

: Licensing to operate: Understanding variations in regulatory outcomes in the Australian mining sector”, Resources Policy, 2025, 105,( co-author with Lisa Mills and Graeme Auld).

Stewart, Jennifer, Richard Kibombo, and L. Pauline Rankin. “” Canadian journal of African studies 54(1): pp. 37–56 (January 2020) Toronto: Routledge.

Gender and artisanal and small-scale mining: Implications for formalization,” The Extractive Industries and Society, 2019, 6(4):1101-1112. (Co-author with Doris Buss, Blair Rutherford, Gisele Eva Cote, Abby Sebina-Zziwa, Richard Kibombo, Jennifer Hinton, and Joanne Lebert).

Bartram, Mary, and Jennifer M Stewart. “” Health policy (Amsterdam) 123(1): pp. 45-50 (January 2019) Ireland: Elsevier B.V.

Stewart, Jennifer M, and Saul Schwartz. “” Relations industrielles (Québec, Québec) 73(2): pp. 369-394 (2018) Quebec: Département des relations industrielles de l’Université Laval.

Chowhan, James, and Jennifer M Stewart. “ Applied economic perspectives and policy 36(2): pp. 287-308 (June 2014) Oxford University Press.

McEwen, Annie, and Jennifer M Stewart. “” Canadian public policy 40(1): pp. 99-109 (March 2014) Guelph: University of Toronto Press.

Elgar, Frank J, and Jennifer M Stewart. “” Canadian journal of public health 99(5): pp. 423-427 (September 2008) Cham: Canadian Public Health Association.

Jennifer M Stewart, James Chowhan “” Social Science & Medicine, 65(7): pp. 1324-1336 (October 2007). Elsevier.

Dooley, Martin, and Jennifer Stewart. “” Health economics 16(2): pp. 145–162 (February 2007) Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Dooley, Martin, Ellen Lipman, and Jennifer Stewart. “” Canadian public policy 31(2): pp. 123–143 (June 2005) Guelph: University of Toronto Press.

Dooley, Martin, and Jennifer Stewart. “” The Canadian journal of economics 37(4): pp. 898-917 (November 2004) Oxford, UK; Malden.

Stewart, Jennifer M et al. “” Journal of health economics 21(4): pp. 585-599 (2002) Netherlands: Elsevier B.V.

O’Shea, Eamon, Jennifer Stewart, Cam Donaldson, and Phil Shackley “Eliciting Preferences for Resources Allocation in Health Care,” Economic and Social Review, 32(3): pp.217-238 (2002). SAGE Publications.URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2262/61833

Stewart, Jennifer M. “” Journal of health economics 20(5): pp. 781–796 (2001) Netherlands: Elsevier B.V.

Wall, R., Rehm, J., Fischer, B., Brand’s, B., Gliksman, L., Stewart, J., Medved, W., & Blake, J. “” Journal of Urban Health, 77(4): pp 688–722 (December 2000). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Stewart, Jennifer, and Martin D Dooley. “” Canadian public policy 25: pp. S47–S72 (November 1999). Downsview, Ont: University of Toronto Press.

Videos & Media Coverage

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SPPA News

May 9, 2025

New Publication by our own SPPA Professors Jennifer Stewart, Graeme Auld, and Lisa Mills!

We’re excited to share a new publication by our own SPPA professors Jennifer Stewart, Graeme Auld, and Lisa Mills, just published in ScienceDirect! The article, …

March 9, 2022

�Ӱ�ԭ�� Team Places First in National Public Administration Student Case Competition

�Ӱ�ԭ�� University’s SPPA team won the gold medal for their presentation on the case study “A Wicked Problem? Rough Sleeping in Cities” at the National …