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Carsey School of Public Policy

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Recent Stories

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    Jessica Carson, a research assistant professor of public policy atÌýCarsey, says that those who do not usually live in rural areas and are traveling there to escape COVID-19, are...
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    According to Jessica Carson, a research assistant professor at Carsey, rural counties that are attractive destination spots- either because they are near ski areas or beach fronts...
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    According to Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, he does not think that a baby boom will happen following this quarentine. "I really don't think they're...
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    According to research published by Carsey, between 2008 and 2015, nearly 2.3 million fewer babies were born in the US than would have been expected if pre-recession fertility...
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    - Rural Mass. Worries About Capacity to Handle COVID-19
    Kenneth Johnson, a senior demographer at the Carsey School, says that rural people tend to be more interconnected with their neighbors. Massachusetts Senator Eric Lesser believes... Read More
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    According to Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, a "baby boom" during the coronavirus pandemic is extremely unlikely. "There's no way that the number of...
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    According to Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, if the COVID-19 pandemic is as significant as some experts are saying, U.S. deaths could exceed births in...
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    According to Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, things that were once weekly events in rural parts of American,Ìýsuch as cookouts and bingo nights,ÌýareÌý...
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    Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, says social distancing looks different in rural communities than it does in urban ones such as New York City. He states...
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    NumbersÌýreleased by the Census Bureau and analyzed by researchers at the Carsey School show that the United States could be heading towards its first annual population decline in...