{"631697":{"#nid":"631697","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Parental Paid Leave Spreads in Georgia After Years of Resistance","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELindsey Bullinger\u003C\/strong\u003E, assistant professor in the School of Public Policy, was quoted in the article \u0026quot;Parental paid leave spreads in Georgia after years of resistance,\u0026quot; published Jan. 26, 2019 in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe article examined potential progress in the area of paid maternity leave in Georgia, which does not mandate the practice. Bullinger has studied the impact of California\u0026#39;s paid family leave law, which could serve as a model for Georgia and other states.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELindsey Bullinger, an assistant professor at Georgia Tech,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0167629617305799\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Estudied\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;data from California, which enacted the country\u0026rsquo;s first paid family leave law nearly two decades ago. She said the program has led to an \u0026ldquo;improvement in overall child health\u0026rdquo; for infants, including a reduction in asthma rates.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We know that kids who are healthier at birth and in early infanthood are healthier, they have higher education attainment, they\u0026rsquo;re more likely to be employed and more likely to pay taxes when they\u0026rsquo;re adults because they\u0026rsquo;re employed,\u0026rdquo; she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/state--regional\/parental-paid-leave-makes-inroads-georgia-after-years-resistance\/vgj67A5qeCCP6KjKZMlNiJ\/\u0022\u003ERead the full article here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35266","created_gmt":"2020-01-27 15:29:26","changed_gmt":"2020-01-27 15:29:26","author":"ifrazer3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/state--regional\/parental-paid-leave-makes-inroads-georgia-after-years-resistance\/vgj67A5qeCCP6KjKZMlNiJ\/","dateline":{"date":"2020-01-27T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-01-27T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"618472":{"id":"618472","type":"image","title":"Lindsey Bullinger","body":null,"created":"1551198284","gmt_created":"2019-02-26 16:24:44","changed":"1551198284","gmt_changed":"2019-02-26 16:24:44","alt":"A portrait photo of School of Public Policy assistant professor Lindsey Bullinger","file":{"fid":"235409","name":"lindsey_bullinger.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lindsey_bullinger.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lindsey_bullinger.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":16528,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/lindsey_bullinger.jpg?itok=urjMrIPx"}}},"media_ids":["618472"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"8681","name":"Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}