Atlanta Workshop on Public Policy and Child Well-being (PPCW)

The purpose of the Atlanta Workshop on Public Policy and Child Well-being (PPCW) is to provide a platform for researchers who seek to better understand the factors affecting child well-being, broadly defined. The workshop will include presentations of policy-relevant empirical research—from any discipline—related to children.

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Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

• Prevention of adverse childhood experiences

• Promotion of child well-being

• Child welfare

• Child health

• Parenting behaviors

• Pregnancy-related and birth outcomes

• Food insecurity

• Housing insecurity

• Education

• Immigration

• Juvenile justice involvement

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Keynote: Melissa Kearney, Ph.D., Neil Moskowitz Professor

of Economics, Department of Economics, University of 

Maryland

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Dates: March 1-2, 2024

Location: Atlanta, GA

Organizers: Lindsey Rose Bullinger and Daniel Dench

Sponsors: Schools of Public Policy and Economics and Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech 

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Deadline for Submission: December 1, 2023

Notifications of Paper Acceptances: January 10, 2024

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