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...
Recent Stories
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09/20/16 - The Fosters Daily Democrat: Program to reveal what visitors really think of RochesterRochester Listens is part of New Hampshire Listens, an initiative of UNH’s Carsey School of Public Policy that aims to bring community members together for a collaborative... Read More -
09/12/16 - YES! Magazine: Banking on JusticeEric Hangen, a researcher at the University of New Hampshire who studies the impact of community development finance, would like to see that capacity grow. “You couldn’t ask for a... Read More -
09/04/16 - NHPR: Research: Majority of Granite Staters Support Paid Family LeaveNew research says an overwhelming majority of New Hampshire residents support paid family leave and medical leave insurance. The survey found 88 percent of women and 76 percent of... Read More -
08/31/16 - UNH Research Finds More Than 80 Percent of N.H. Residents Support Paid Family and Medical LeaveFour of every five New Hampshire residents support a paid family and medical leave insurance law for workers who have to take time from work to care for a new child or tend to... Read More -
08/30/16 - Faculty KudosTalk about making a good impression on your new coworkers: in late April, marine acoustician Jennifer Miksis-Olds joined the School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering. Read More -
08/04/16 - Yale Law School: Cultural Cognition of WeatherLawrence Hamilton, Professor in the Department of Sociology and Senior Faculty Fellow for The Carsey School of Public Policy at UNH, discusses the record-breaking high... Read More -
08/03/16 - Supported by OpportunitiesWhat can thirteen interns do in nine weeks? A whole lot of social innovation. Read More -
08/01/16 - The New York Magazine: Moving Gives You a More Memorable LifeYour memories of events that happen just before and just after a move seem to stand out as feeling especially vivid, argue a trio of researchers from the University of New... Read More -
07/20/16 - NHPR: Research Finds Many Eligible For Federal WIC Nutrition Benefits Don't EnrollResearchers at the University of New Hampshire have found more than half of families eligible for a federal nutrition program are not enrolled. But the study from UNH's Carsey... Read More -
07/20/16 - NHPR: NH Perspective: 2016 RNC ConventionDante Scala, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of New Hampshire and a fellow at UNH's Carsey School of Public Policy, was a featured guest on NHPR... Read More