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PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS AND BOOKS

(*denotes equal authorship)

ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF CHILD MALTREATMENT

38. Bullinger, LR., Raissian, KM., Klika, B., Merrick, M., and Thibodeau, E. (2025). More than Snuggles: The Effect of Paid Family Leave on Infant Maltreatment.​ Child Maltreatment 31(1):98-110.

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37. Bullinger, LR. (2024). Infant Safe Havens. Journal of Policy Analysis & Management 43(3): 714-734. 

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36. Bullinger, LR, and A Boy. (2023). Association of Expanded Child Tax Credit Payments with Child Abuse and Neglect Emergency Department Visits. JAMA Network Open 6(2):e2255639.

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35. Bullinger, LR, B Klika, M Feely, D Ford, M Merrick, KR Raissian, W Rostad, W Schneider (2023). Paid Family Leave: An Upstream Intervention to Prevent Family Violence. Journal of Family Violence 17:1-11.

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34. Bullinger, LR, Wang, V, and Feder, K. (2022). Effects of Opioid Treatment Programs on Child Well-Being. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 703(1):79-105.

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33. *WJ Schneider, Bullinger, LR, and KM Raissian (2022). How Does the Minimum Wage Affect Child Maltreatment and Parenting Behaviors? An Analysis of the Mechanisms. Review of Economics of the Household 20(4): 1119-1154.

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32. *Bullinger, LR, KM Raissian, and WJ Schneider (2022). The Power of the Future: Intergenerational Income Mobility and Child Maltreatment in the United States. Child Abuse & Neglect 130(4): 105175.

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31. Bullinger, LR, J Fleckman, and KT Fong (2021). Proximity to SNAP-Authorized Retailers and Child Maltreatment Reports. Economics & Human Biology 42: 101015.

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30. *Bullinger, LR and B Ward (2021). What About the Children? How the Opioid Epidemic is Affecting Child Well-Being. Contemporary Economic Policy 39(4): 737-759.

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29. *Bullinger, LR, J Lindo, and J Schaller (2021). Economic Determinants of Child Maltreatment. Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, 2nd Edition. (pre-print here).

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28. Bullinger, LR and KT Fong (2021). Evictions and Neighborhood Child Maltreatment Reports. Housing Policy Debate 31 (3-5): 490-515.

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27. *Feely, M KM Raissian, WJ Schneider and LR Bullinger (2020). The Social Welfare Policy Landscape and Child Protection Services: Opportunities For and Barriers to Creating Systems Synergy. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 692 (November): 140-161.

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26. *Bullinger, LR, M Feely, KM Raissian, and WJ Schneider (2020). Heed Neglect, Disrupt Child Maltreatment: A Call to Action for Researchers. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice 3, 93-104.

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25. Bullinger, LR and C Wing (2019). How Many Children Live with Adults with Opioid Use Disorder?​ Children and Youth Services Review, 104: 104381.

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24. Bullinger, LR (2017). The Effect of Minimum Wages on Adolescent Fertility: A Nationwide Analysis, American Journal of Public Health, 107(3): 447-452.

Media Coverage: U.S. News and World Report, KJZZ Phoenix, member NPR station, The Public Health Post, The Bloomington Herald-Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Times

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23. Raissian, KM and LR Bullinger (2017). Money Matters: Does Increasing the Minimum Wage Reduce Child Maltreatment? Children and Youth Services Review, 72, 60–70.

Media Coverage: Fast Company, MSN, Indiana Public Media, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) World Service Live, New York Times

EFFECTS OF HEALTH POLICY ON CHILD & FAMILY WELL-BEING

22. Meinhofer, A., Bullinger, LR, Kelly, C., Fitzpatrick, M. (2026). Early School Medicaid Expansions and Health Services for Children with Parental Opioid Use Disorder. JAMA Health Forum 6(6):e251288.

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21. Bullinger, LR and Shi, J. (2025). The Effects of Medicaid Coverage for School-Based Health Services on the Supply of School-Based Healthcare Clinics: Evidence from the "Free Care Rule" Reversal and FQHCs. Health Services Research 60(52):e14452.

 

20. Soni, A., Bullinger, LR, Andrews, C., Abraham, A., & Simon, K.I. (2024). The Impact of State Medicaid Eligibility and Benefits Policy on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Hospitalizations. Contemporary Economic Policy 42(1):25-40.

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19. *Bullinger, LR, Gopalan, M., & Lombardi , C (2022). Impacts of publicly funded health insurance for adults on children's academic achievement. Southern Economic Journal 89(3):860-884. 

 

18. *Lombardi , C. Bullinger, LR & Gopalan, M. (2022). Better Late Than Never: Effects of Late ACA Medicaid Expansions for Parents on Family Health-Related Financial Well-Being. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing.

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17. Bullinger, LR, K Simon & BT Edmonds. (2022) Coverage Effects of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid Expansion on Reproductive-Aged Women, Postpartum Mothers, and Mothers with Older Children.  Maternal and Child Health Journal 26(5):1104-1114.

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16. *Gopalan, M., Lombardi, C. & Bullinger, LR (2022). Effects of Parental Public Health Insurance Eligibility on Parent and Child Health Outcomes. Economics & Human Biology 44: 101098.

15. Bullinger, LR & A Meinhofer (2021). The Affordable Care Act Increased Medicaid Coverage Among Former Foster Youth. Health Affairs 40(9): 1430-1439.

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14. *Bullinger, LR & S Tello-Trillo (2021). Connecting Medicaid and Child Support: Evidence from the TennCare Disenrollment. Review of Economics of the Household 19: 785-812.
 
13. Bullinger, LR (2021). Child Support and the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansions. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 40(1):42-77.

12. Bullinger, LR (2019). The Effect of Paid Family Leave on Infant and Parental Health in the United States.  Journal of Health Economics 66: 101-116. (pre-print here)

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11. Bullinger, LR & KI Simon (2019). Prescription Contraceptive Sales Following the Affordable Care Act. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 23(5), 657-666.

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10. Kapinos, KA, LR Bullinger and T Gurley-Calvez (2018). The Affordable Care Act, Breastfeeding, and Breast Pump Health Insurance Coverage. JAMA Pediatrics, 172(11): 1002-1004.

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9. Gurley-Calvez, T, LR Bullinger, & KA Kapinos (2018). Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Breastfeeding Outcomes. American Journal of Public Health, 108(2): 277-283.

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8. Kapinos, KA, LR Bullinger & T Gurley-Calvez (2017). Lactation Support Services and Breastfeeding Initiation: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act, Health Services Research, 52(6): 2175-2196.

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7. Bullinger, LR & T Gurley-Calvez (2016). WIC Participation and Maternal Behavior: Breastfeeding and Work Leave. Contemporary Economic Policy, 34(1): 158-172.

COVID-19 PANDEMIC & FAMILY VIOLENCE

6. Bullinger, LR., Marcus, S., Reuben, K., Whitaker, D., &  Self-Brown, S.(2022). Evaluating Child Maltreatment Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Using a Telehealth Home Visiting Programs as a Conduit to Families. Infant Mental Health Journal 43(1): 143-158.

5. Bullinger, LR, A Boy, M Feely, S Messner, KM Raissian, WJ Schneider, & S Self-Brown. (2022)  Home, but Left Alone: Time at Home and Child Abuse and Neglect During COVID-19. Journal of Family Issues 44(2): 338-362.

4. Self-Brown, S, Rueben, K, Perry, EW, Bullinger, LR, Osborne, MC, Bielecki, J, & Whitaker, D (2022). The impact of COVID-19 on the delivery of an evidence-based child maltreatment prevention program: Understanding the perspectives of SafeCare® Providers. Journal of Family Violence 37, 825-835.

3. Bullinger, LR, KM Raissian, M Feely, & WJ Schneider. (2021). The Neglected Ones: Time at Home During COVID-19 and Child Maltreatment. Children and Youth Services Review 131: 106287.

2. Bullinger, LR, A Boy, S Messner, & S Self-Brown. (2021) Pediatric Emergency Department Visits Due to Child Abuse and Neglect Following COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Declaration in the Southeastern United States. BMC Pediatrics 21:401.

 1. *Bullinger, LR, JB Carr & A Packham (2021). COVID-19 and Crime: Effects of Stay-at-Home Orders on Domestic Violence. American Journal of Health Economics 7(3): 249-280.

RESEARCH SUPPORT

  • ​Arnold Ventures (with Analisa Packham), $299,928

  • Arnold Ventures, Health and Crime Seminar Series, $15,000

  • Arnold Ventures, Innovation Day: Child Well-being, $22,000

  • Russell Sage Foundation (with Felipe Lozano-Rojas), $75,000

  • Smith Richardson Foundation (with Daniel Dench), $49,920

  • Georgia Tech EVPR Research Collaboration Forum (with Ashley Bradford and Rebecca Sen Choudhury), $30,000

  • Arnold Ventures, Innovation Day: Child Well-being, $6,800

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $131,495

  • Women, Science, and Technology Undergraduate Student-Faculty Research Partnerships, $7,040

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison's Institute for Research on Poverty, Extramural Large Grant for Poverty and Economic Mobility, $50,000

  • Urban Institute Tax Policy Center, UC Berkeley Opportunity Lab, Family Stability and Economic Mobility Research Pilot Project, $29,985

  • Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) (with Angélica Meinhofer), $433,547

  • Georgia Tech EVPR Building Teams Grant (with Morvarid Rahmani), $42,069

  • Cash Transfer Lab at New York University, $19,405

  • Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Research to Action Grant (with Kelley Fong), $79,686

  • ​Georgia Tech GVU/IPaT/GTRI Seed Grant Program (with Diyi Yang), $16,312

  • Georgia Tech EVPR Covid-19 Rapid Response Seed Grant Program, $9,991

  • Spencer Foundation Small Research Grants Program (with Maithreyi Gopalan and Caitlin Lombardi), $41,650

  • Ivan Allen College Small Grants for Research, $7,000

  • Institute for Research on Poverty, Research to Inform Child Support Policies and Programs, $21,814.

  • Doris Duke Fellowship for the Promotion of Child Well-Being, $60,000

  • Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Grant and Eli Ginzberg Special Award, $9,000

  • Pew Charitable Trusts Financial Security and Mobility Project (with Maureen Pirog and Ed Gerrish), $30,000

  • Mathematica Policy Research, Summer Fellowship, $10,500

  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (with Kandice Kapinos and Tami Gurley-Calvez), $99,746

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