DR. LINDSEY ROSE BULLINGER
I am an Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech, and the Associate Director of the Health Economics and Policy Innovation Collaborative (HEPIC). My research examines how public policies affect children's and families’ health and well-being, with a focus on low-income families. My work has been published in the Journal of Policy Analysis & Management, American Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Health Affairs, Southern Economic Journal, Review of Economics of the Household, Contemporary Economic Policy, Economics & Human Biology, Children and Youth Services Review, Child Abuse & Neglect, American Journal of Public Health, JAMA Pediatrics, and BMC Pediatrics, among others. It has been funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy, the Spencer Foundation, and Pew Charitable Trusts. I earned my Ph.D. from Indiana University in April 2018.
RECENT ARTICLES
Opioid Use & Child Maltreatment
Increases in opioid-related mortality and emergency department visits are associated with increased foster care entry
SNAP & Child Maltreatment
One more neighborhood SNAP-store reduces child maltreatment by 4.5%
The ACA Medicaid Expansions & Child Support
The ACA Medicaid Expansions Increased Child Support by 8.5%
ACA Medicaid Expansions
Parent & Child Health
Improved
by more than 10 percentage points
The ACA Increased Medicaid Coverage Among Former Foster Youth
Income Mobility
Greater income mobility is associated with lower child maltreatment reports
Especially in non-metro areas
Child Maltreatment
and the
Minimum Wage
A $1 increase in the minimum wage leads to a 10% reduction in reports of child neglect.
The ACA & breastfeeding
The ACA increased breastfeeding rates by 2% and breastfeeding duration by 10%.
Minimum Wage
and adolescent fertility
A $1 increase in the minimum wage reduces adolescent birth rates by 2%.
Paid Family Leave in California improved overall infant health and maternal mental health.
Paid Family Leave
The Affordable Care Act's Contraceptive Mandate
increased sales of the injectable contraceptive, but did not affect the IUD, implant, pill or patch.
