Carsey School of Public Policy

Statement on the protests from Carsey School Director Michael Ettlinger.

COVID-19 Economic Crisis: By State

In their latest update, Michael Ettlinger and Jordan Hensley report that every state in the country is well down from its February employment levels despite a recovery of many jobs in May and June. With the failure to contain COVID-19 and the growing number of cases and deaths, even that relatively small recovery is in great jeopardy in July.
‘Outlaw Operators’: Prevention Failures and the Resurgence of Black Lung in Central Appalachia

In this brief, author Aysha Bodenhamer describes how prevention failures in the coal mining industry have resulted in the resurgence of black lung disease.
The 2019 Annual Review

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With COVID-19 Quarantine, Going Online Brings New Opportunities for New Hampshire Listens

NH Listens has made face-to-face facilitation, education, and outreach the cornerstone of its service. Since the pandemic started, however, moving to online facilitation and outreach has presented new opportunities for the civic engagement group.
Why People Move to and Stay in New Hampshire

Migration is important to New Hampshire’s demographic future. Traditionally, the state has grown both because of migration into it and because of the surplus of births over deaths. However, recently all of New Hampshire’s population growth has been due to migration.
Affordability Challenges Drive Food Insufficiency in the Pandemic

In this data snapshot, authors Jess Carson and Sarah Boege find that getting food is a problem for people experiencing food insufficiency during the pandemic, but affording food is the biggest challenge.
U.S. Population Growth Slows, but Diversity Grows

In this brief, author Kenneth Johnson reports that in 2019 the U.S. population grew at the lowest rate in a century because there were fewer births, more deaths, and less immigration.
What Do We Know About What to Do With Dams?

In this brief, authors Simone Chapman, Catherine Ashcraft, Lawrence Hamilton, and Kevin Gardner discuss how knowledge can shape public opinion regarding dam removal across New Hampshire.
An Older Population Increases Estimated COVID-19 Death Rates in Rural America

In this brief, author Kenneth Johnson estimates the influence that the local age structure has on coronavirus death rates among those exposed to it in rural and urban counties in the United States.

The Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire is nationally recognized for its research, policy education, and civic engagement. The school takes on pressing public issues with unbiased, accessible, and rigorous research; builds the policy and political problem-solving skills of its students; and brings people together for thoughtful dialogue and practical problem-solving. The school is a hub for work that spans its own faculty and staff, and faculty from across UNH and other institutions. The faculty boasts a national reputation and its work appears in leading journals. The school publishes forty policy-relevant briefs each year, offers three master's degree programs, and engages with experts, leaders, the media, and the public in the United States, New Hampshire, and around the world.

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COVID-19 Economic Crisis: By State

‘Outlaw Operators’: Prevention Failures and the Resurgence of Black Lung in Central Appalachia

The 2019 Annual Review

With COVID-19 Quarantine, Going Online Brings New Opportunities for New Hampshire Listens

Why People Move to and Stay in New Hampshire

Affordability Challenges Drive Food Insufficiency in the Pandemic

U.S. Population Growth Slows, but Diversity Grows

What Do We Know About What to Do With Dams?

An Older Population Increases Estimated COVID-19 Death Rates in Rural America

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