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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06/10/16 -Senior Demographer at The Carsey School of Public Policy Ken Johnson explains that since the onset of the Great Recession,Ìý there have been 3.4 million fewer births in the U.S....
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05/24/16 -Forest cover has declined throughout New England and New York over the last decade, according to a Âé¶¹app study. Though losses to development slowed slightly...
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05/21/16 -Researchers in the Carsey School of Public Policy at the Âé¶¹app found Forest cover has declined throughout New England and New York over the last decade,...
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05/21/16 -Recently, the Paul School of Business and Carsey Institute of Public Policy at UNH invited Jerry Taylor,Ìýpresident of the Niskanen Institute, to present “The Conservative Case for...
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05/19/16 -Kenneth Johnson, a former Chicagoan who is senior demographer at the Âé¶¹app's Carsey School of Public Policy, discusses how Chicago may in some ways be...
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05/19/16 -There areÌýexceptions to the trend in US city growth, for exampleÌýCook County, which contains Chicago and theÌýolder suburbs, lost about 10,500 people in 2014-2015. Kenneth Johnson...
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05/12/16 -Michael Swack, director for the Center for Impact Finance at the Âé¶¹app, who’s worked in the United States and overseas in the field, explains,Ìý“We did a...
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05/12/16 -Researchers at the Âé¶¹app'sÌýCarsey School of Public Policy looked at the state of forest cover, and found thatÌýthe amount of forest cover in the New England...
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05/10/16 -Âé¶¹app demographer Kenneth Johnson says the recession resulted inÌý2.3 million fewer babiesÌýover five years. He says a similar thing happened during the Great...
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05/10/16 -According to Kenneth Johnson, seniorÌýdemographer at the Âé¶¹app, the lower ratesÌýtranslate to about 3.4 million fewer births between 2008 and 2015. This...