Carsey School of Public Policy
UNH Research Shows Number of Childless Women in the U.S. Continues to Rise
Research from the University of New Hampshire 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
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09/15/25Building a Better Childcare System in New Hampshire
A Carsey School expert breaks down the complicated landscape of childcare in New Hampshire. -
05/22/25Immigrants fuel growth in major U.S. urban counties
In an Associated Press article about immigrants keeping the largest urban counties in the U. S. growing in 2024, the Carsey School's Senior... -
05/22/25The trends behind the historically low U.S. birth rate
CBS News’ 60 Minutes Overtime interviewed the Carsey School’s Senior Demographer Kenneth Johnson to find out what’s happening with American women... -
05/21/25Are Americans Flocking to Low-Tax States?
In this Newsweek article, U.S. News Reporter Jordan King interviews experts to examine the reason Americans are moving to low-tax states. Kenneth...
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04/30/18 - Carnegie Reporter: Downright PrescientThey are neither pollsters nor television cable news panelists — and they did not predict Donald Trump’s victory — but demographer Kenneth Johnson and election law expert... Read More -
04/25/18 - Scenes from the URCTake a photographic journey through the Undergraduate Research Conference. Read More -
04/17/18 - St. Paul's School: Starting a DialogueTo learn how to better engage with those of dissenting opinions, students invited a facilitator from New Hampshire Listens, a civic engagement program within the Carsey School for... Read More -
04/13/18 - NHPR: Archaeologists Find Eroding Coastlines Threaten Past as Much as PresentNew Hampshire’s Seacoast is home to some of the earliest history of European settlers anywhere in the country. Believe it or not, much of that history is still being uncovered.... Read More -
04/13/18 - Getting the Golden TicketFifty students have taken their first steps toward international travel. Read More -
04/10/18 - Fosters.com: UNH Research: Sea-level Rise Will Impact Seacoast's Cultural HeritageCarsey School: Coastal New Hampshire will lose 14 percent of its known prehistoric and historic cultural sites in less than 100 years. Read More -
04/10/18 - UNH Research Finds Sea-Level Rise Will Impact Coastal N.H.’s Cultural HeritageCoastal New Hampshire will lose 14 percent of its known prehistoric and historic cultural sites to sea-level rise in less than 100 years, according to new research out of the... Read More