Carsey School of Public Policy

Voting and Attitudes Along the Red Rural–Blue Urban Continuum

In this study of the 2018 congressional midterms, authors Kenneth Johnson and Dante Scala confirm their earlier analysis of the 2016 presidential election and demonstrate how voting patterns and political attitudes vary across the spectrum of urban and rural areas.
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. A jobs comeback in May, and especially June, has fallen off in every subsequent month as COVID-19 spread to more parts of the country, the ripple effects of the initial economic carnage grew, and federal government support lapsed.
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Kidogo: Addressing the Childcare Needs of Low-Income Families in East Africa

In this white paper, authors Jill Howard, Fiona Wilson, and E. Hachemi Aliouche explore how Kidogo, an innovative East African social enterprise, is harnessing the power of social sector franchising.
New Data Show One-in-Six Children Were Poor Before COVID-19 Pandemic

In this data snapshot, authors Jessica Carson and Sarah Boege report that new American Community Survey (ACS) data released by the U.S. Census Bureau today show child poverty at 16.8 percent in 2019, down from 18 percent in 2018.
Is Rural America Failing or Succeeding? Maybe Both

In this brief, authors Kenneth Johnson and Daniel Lichter summarize their peer reviewed article in Demography that provides cautionary lessons regarding the commonplace narrative of widespread rural decline and urban growth.
Health Conditions and an Older Population Increase COVID-19 Risks in Rural America

In this brief, author Kenneth Johnson discusses the likely influence that the age structure and the incidence of pre-existing health conditions have on the risks of those exposed to COVID-19 in rural and urban counties in the United States.
COVID-19 Didn’t Create a Child Care Crisis, But Hastened and Inflamed It

In this Carsey Perspective, authors Jess Carson and Marybeth Mattingly describe the ways that the COVID-19 pandemic has strained the nation’s already-fragile early childhood care systems.
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.

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.