Carsey School of Public Policy
UNH Research Shows Number of Childless Women in the U.S. Continues to Rise
Research from the Âé¶¹app reports that in 2024 there were 5.7 million more childless women of prime child-bearing age than expected given prior patterns — a significant jump from 2.1 million in 2016 and 4.7 million in 2022. This shift in fertility patterns has contributed to 11.... Read More-
09/15/25
Building a Better Childcare System in New Hampshire
A Carsey School expert breaks down the complicated landscape of childcare in New Hampshire. -
05/22/25In an Associated Press article about immigrants keeping the largest urban counties in the U. S. growing in 2024,Ìýthe Carsey School's Senior...
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05/22/25CBS News’ 60 Minutes Overtime interviewed the Carsey School’s Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson to find out what’s happening with American women...
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05/21/25In this Newsweek article, U.S. News Reporter Jordan King interviews experts to examine the reason Americans are moving to low-tax states. Kenneth...
Recent Stories
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08/13/20 -New Hampshire’s lead poisoning rate is twice the national average, according to a 2019 report by New Hampshire Listens, a research project of the Âé¶¹app’s...
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08/12/20 -New research from RogelioÌýSáenz and Corey Sparks found that people of color and women have experienced higher unemployment than whites and men during the COVID-19 pandemic, and...
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08/11/20 - New Data on NH School Funding Disparities Presented to the Commission to Study School FundingNew data presented to the Commission to Study School funding – working in collaboration with the Carsey School of Public Policy – shows that New Hampshire's existing school... Read More
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08/07/20 -The Concord Monitor reports on the state's Commission to Study School Funding and its collaboration with the Carsey School of Public Policy in an effort to reform how New...
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08/07/20 -Ethan Underhill, NH State Director for Urban Rural (UR) Action, writes an op-ed on UR Action and NH Listens' new collaborative project, titled Deepening Connection and...
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08/03/20 -Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer with the Carsey School,Ìýsays birth rates had been drifting down for years and then went off a cliff during the Great Recession more than a...
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07/31/20 -The Commission to Study School Funding – established by the NH Legislature last year – has contracted with the Carsey School of Public Policy to find and identify a more equitable...
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07/31/20 - Environmental JusticeSimone Chapman ’20G, a master’s student in environmental conservation at UNH, has received a Science Policy Fellowship from the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of... Read More
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07/31/20 -Ken Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, was recently interviewed by The Daily MailÌýÌýregarding the diminishing U.S. birth rate.Ìý"Survey data already suggest women are...
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07/23/20 -Five states (Arizona, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia) have added almost six million domestic migrants since 2000. While that may sound like a lot, according to...