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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03/30/16 - The Fosters Daily Democrat: Applauding Rochester Listens, new farmers marketsRochester Listens, an offshoot of New Hampshire Listens, an initiative of the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy, has opened two new farmer's markets,... Read More -
03/24/16 - The Fosters Daily Democrat: Rochester Listens to meet WednesdayRochester has become the latest Seacoast city to join New Hampshire Listens, which is an initiative of the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy, and has... Read More -
03/03/16 - NHPR: Study: Urban Schools in N.H. Suspend, Expel Students More OftenStudents in New Hampshire’s urban school districts are more likely to be expelled or suspended than students from non-urban districts, according to a new study from the UNH Carsey... Read More -
03/02/16 - KSL-TV: NH student expulsion rates far below national averageThe Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire found that from 2010 to 2014, the national expulsion rate of 2.7 percent was more than 100 times higher than... Read More -
02/24/16 - Fosters: Carsey School adds new public policy programThe Carsey School of Public Policy's founding director MIchael Ettlinger discusses the details of the school's brand new Masters in Public Policy program. Read More -
02/23/16 - The Daily Yonder: Entrenched Child Poverty Worse in Rural AreasThe Carsey School of Public Policy's Andrew Schaefer, Marybeth J. Mattingly, and Kenneth M. Johnson discuss how rural children are more than twice as likely as urban kids to grow... Read More -
02/11/16 - The Fosters Daily Democrat: Forum series promotes impact investing in NHEach Investing in New Hampshire forum will feature an introduction to impact investing by Michael Swack, a professor at the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School for Public... Read More -
02/09/16 - The Los Angeles Times: In New Hampshire, candidates tread through old towns and new political turfKenneth M. Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire, Dante Scala, a University of New Hampshire political scientist,... Read More -
02/08/16 - The Vermont Public Radio: Newcomers And Economics Change New Hampshire's Political GeographyAccording to a recent study by the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy, the state has one of the most mobile populations in the nation. Fewer than half... Read More -
02/05/16 - The Knowridge Science Report: White deaths exceeded births in one-third of statesMore whites died than were born in a record high 17 states in 2014 compared to just four in 2004, according to new research from the Carsey School of Public Policy at the... Read More