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 related to children.

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

• Child well-being

• Child health

• Parenting behaviors

• Pregnancy-related and birth outcomes

• Food insecurity

• Housing insecurity

• Education

• Immigration

• Juvenile justice involvement

• Inequality and poverty 

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Keynote Speaker: Hilary Hoynes, Ph.D., Chancellor's

Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Goldman

School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley

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Dates: February 26-27, 2026

Location: Atlanta, GA

Organizers: Lindsey Rose Bullinger and Daniel Dench

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Deadline for Submission: October 1, 2025

Notifications of Paper Acceptances: November 30, 2025​