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Jul 26, 2012
New Study Documents Community Leadership and Economic Change in Coös County
From June 2009-December 2011, UNH Professor of Sociology Michele Dillon conducted a case study of community change in Coös County, New Hampshire, to investigate how local community leaders in Coös assess the initiatives, challenges, opportunities, and progress in the North Country during this time of economic transition. Her discoveries and insights are presented in a new report published... Read more
Feb 23, 2012
UNH Demmographer Ken Johnson Studies How US Is Changing
Tell Ken Johnson the county you live in and he can tell you a lot about your town, your state, and how that place has changed over past decades. As both a professor of sociology and the senior demographer at UNH’s Carsey Institute, Johnson tells the nation’s evolving story by making impersonal data about population patterns come alive for students, community leaders, and readers of... Read more
Dec 06, 2011
'Understanding' of Climate Change Depends on Politics, New Carsey Institute Study Finds
While many Americans believe that climate change is happening today, their opinions about the science that explains it are tied to other political beliefs, according to new research from Carsey Institute at UNH. Views of New Hampshire residents largely mirror the national patterns. Read more
Nov 02, 2011
Carsey Institute Finds More Americans Using Federal Food Assistance Since Recession Ended
The number of Americans turning to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, has substantially increased since the recession began and has continued to climb as many Americans have struggled with the economic hardships of the post-recession, weak economy, according to researchers from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. Read more
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Nov 14, 2012
Underemployment Persists Since Recession, With Youngest Workers Hardest Hit
Underemployment has remained persistently high in the aftermath of the Great Recession with workers younger than 30 especially feeling the pinch, according to new research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.Underemployment is defined as part-time workers in search of full-time work or working part-time because the hours of a former full-time job were reduced... Read morePosted in: Business & Technology, Health, Behavioral & Social Sciences, Research Development & Communications, Research Spotlight
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