Lindsey Rose Bullinger
Associate Professor
- School of Public Policy
Overview
Lindsey Rose Bullinger, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy. She is a faculty affiliate with the Children's Pediatric Research Alliance at the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Georgia Tech's Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems, and the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities at the University of Notre Dame. She is on the editorial board for the Journal of Policy Analysis & Management. Her research examines how public policies affect child and family health and well-being, especially among low-income families. Her work has been published in American Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Policy Analysis & Management, Contemporary Economic Policy, Review of Economics of the Household, Economics & Human Biology, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Housing Policy Debate, Child Abuse & Neglect, Children and Youth Services Review, Health Affairs, BMC Pediatrics, Health Services Research, American Journal of Public Health, JAMA Pediatrics, and Maternal and Child Health Journal. Dr. Bullinger’s research has been funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE), Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy, Spencer Foundation, Cash Transfer Lab at NYU, and Pew Charitable Trusts. She earned a Ph.D. from the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. She holds an MPA from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, and a bachelor's degree from Miami University in Ohio.
Interests
- Applied Microeconomics
- Health Economics
- Program Evaluation, Public Management and Administration
- Health
- Children's Programs
- Inequality and Poverty
- Vulnerable Populations
Courses
- PUBP-3030: Policy Analysis
- PUBP-6201: Public Policy Analysis
Publications
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
- The Impact of State Medicaid Eligibility and Benefits Policy on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Hospitalizations.
In: Contemporary Economic Policy [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2024
- A Comparison of Virtual versus In-Person Delivery of an Evidence-Based Child Abuse Prevention Program on Parent and Implementation Outcomes.
In: Child Abuse & Neglec [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2024
- Infant Safe Havens
In: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2024
- Association of Expanded Child Tax Credit Payments with Child Abuse and Neglect Emergency Department Visits.
In: JAMA Network Open [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2023
- Impacts of publicly funded health insurance for adults on children's academic achievement.
In: Southern Economic Journal [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2023
All Publications
Journal Articles
- The Impact of State Medicaid Eligibility and Benefits Policy on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Hospitalizations.
In: Contemporary Economic Policy [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2024
- A Comparison of Virtual versus In-Person Delivery of an Evidence-Based Child Abuse Prevention Program on Parent and Implementation Outcomes.
In: Child Abuse & Neglec [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2024
- Infant Safe Havens
In: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2024
- Association of Expanded Child Tax Credit Payments with Child Abuse and Neglect Emergency Department Visits.
In: JAMA Network Open [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2023
- Impacts of publicly funded health insurance for adults on children's academic achievement.
In: Southern Economic Journal [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2023
- Paid Family Leave: An Upstream Intervention to Prevent Family Violence.
In: Journal of Family Violence [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2023
- Coverage Effects of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid Expansion on Reproductive-Aged Women, Postpartum Mothers, and Mothers with Older Children.
In: Maternal and Child Health Journal [Peer Reviewed]
Date: March 2022
- Effects of parental public health insurance eligibility on parent and child health outcomes
In: Economics & Human Biology [Peer Reviewed]
Date: January 2022
- Better Late Than Never: Effects of Late ACA Medicaid Expansions for Parents on Family Health-Related Financial Well-Being.
In: INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2022
- Effects of Opioid Treatment Programs on Child Well-being.
In: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2022
- The Impact of COVID-19 on the Delivery of an Evidence-Based Child Maltreatment Prevention Program: Understanding the Perspectives of SafeCare® Providers
In: Journal of Family Violence [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2022
- The neglected ones: Time at home during COVID-19 and child maltreatment
In: Children and Youth Services Review [Peer Reviewed]
Date: December 2021
- Home, but Left Alone: Time at Home and Child Abuse and Neglect During COVID-19
In: Journal of Family Issues [Peer Reviewed]
Date: October 2021
- What About the Children? How the Opioid Epidemic is Affecting Child Well-Being
In: Contemporary Economic Policy [Peer Reviewed]
Date: October 2021
- The Affordable Care Act Increased Medicaid Coverage Among Former Foster Youth
In: Health Affairs [Peer Reviewed]
Date: September 2021
- Pediatric emergency department visits due to child abuse and neglect following COVID-19 public health emergency declaration in the Southeastern United States
In: BMC Pediatrics [Peer Reviewed]
Date: September 2021
- Proximity to SNAP-Authorized Retailers and Child Maltreatment Reports
In: Economics & Human Biology [Peer Reviewed]
Date: August 2021
- The Power of the Future: Intergenerational Income Mobility and Child Maltreatment in the United States.
In: Child Abuse & Neglect [Peer Reviewed]
Date: July 2021
- COVID-19 and Crime: Effects of Stay-at-Home Orders on Domestic Violence
In: American Journal of Health Economics [Peer Reviewed]
Date: June 2021
- Child Support and the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansions
In: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management [Peer Reviewed]
Date: January 2021
- How Does the Minimum Wage Affect Child Maltreatment and Parenting Behaviors? An Analysis of the Mechanisms.
In: Review of Economics of the Household [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2021
- Connecting Medicaid and child support: evidence from the TennCare disenrollment
In: Review of Economics of the Household [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2021
- Evictions and Neighborhood Child Maltreatment Reports
In: Housing Policy Debate [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2021
- The Social Welfare Policy Landscape and Child Protective Services: Opportunities for and Barriers to Creating Systems Synergy
In: The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science [Peer Reviewed]
Date: November 2020
- Heed Neglect, Disrupt Child Maltreatment: A Call to Action for Researchers.
In: International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice [Peer Reviewed]
Date: April 2020
- How many children live with adults with opioid use disorder?
In: Children and Youth Services Review [Peer Reviewed]
Date: September 2019
- The Effect of Paid Family Leave on Infant and Parental Health in the United States
In: Journal of Health Economics [Peer Reviewed]
Date: July 2019
- Prescription Contraceptive Sales Following the Affordable Care Act
In: Maternal and Child Health Journal [Peer Reviewed]
Date: May 2019
- The Affordable Care Act, Breastfeeding, and Breast Pump Health Insurance Coverage
In: JAMA Pediatrics [Peer Reviewed]
Date: November 2018
- Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Breastfeeding Outcomes
In: American Journal of Public Health [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2018
- Lactation Support Services and Breastfeeding Initiation: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act
In: Health Services Research [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2017
- Money Matters: Does Increasing the Minimum Wage Reduce Child Maltreatment?
In: Children and Youth Services Review [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2017
- The Effect of Minimum Wages on Adolescent Fertility: A Nationwide Analysis
In: American Journal of Public Health [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2017
- WIC Participation and Maternal Behavior: Breastfeeding and Work Leave
In: Contemporary Economic Policy [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2016