Publications from 2009
Financial Innovations Roundtable: Developing practical solutions to scale up integrated community development strategies, Michael E. Swack and Noemi Giszpenc
Forty-three percent of eligible rural families can claim a larger credit with EITC expansion, Marybeth J. Mattingly
Home care workers: keeping Granite Staters in their homes as they age, Kristin Smith
Increased reliance on wives as breadwinners during the first year of the recession, Kristin Smith
Maximizing returns to colleges and communities, Michael E. Swack
Navigating the teen years: promise and peril for northern New Hampshire youth, Anne M. Shattuck
New Hampshire civic health index, Michele Dillon and Shannon H. Rogers
New Hampshire's population exceeds Maine's for the first time in 200 years, Kenneth M. Johnson
Paid sick time helps workers balance work and family, Kristin Smith
Regional young child poverty in 2008: rural Midwest sees increased poverty, while urban Northeast rates decrease, Marybeth J. Mattingly
Rural America and the South have the highest percent of veterans with service-related disabilities, Marybeth J. Mattingly and Michelle L. Stransky
Rural and Urban Children Have Lower Rates of Health Insurance Coverage and are More Often Covered by Public Plans, Marybeth J. Mattingly and Michelle L. Stransky
Rural children are more likely to live in cohabiting-couple households, William P. O'Hare, Wendy Manning, Meredith Porter, and Heidi Lyons
Rural workers more likely to work nontraditional shifts, Rogelio Saenz
Rural workers would benefit from unemployment insurance modernization, Anne M. Shattuck
Seventy-eight percent of working rural families to receive full Making Work Pay tax credit, Marybeth J. Mattingly
Stay or leave Coos County? Parents' messages matter, Corinna J. Tucker
Student discipline in New Hampshire schools , Barbara Wauchope
Students in rural schools have limited access to advanced mathematics courses, Suzanne E. Graham
The experience of the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund in mainstreaming of acquisition loans to cooperative manufactured housing communities, Michael E. Swack and Jolan Rivera
The forgotten fifth: child poverty in rural America, William P. O'Hare
The new, longer road to adulthood: schooling, work, and idleness among rural youth, Anastasia Snyder, Diane McLaughlin, and Alisha Coleman-Jensen
The promise and responsibility of community finance, Ellen Seidman and Mark Huelsman
The state of working New Hampshire 2009, Allison Churilla
Unemployment insurance: a safety net for victims of intimate partner violence and their children, Marybeth J. Mattingly and Laura Dugan
With less migration, natural increase is now more important to state growth, Kenneth M. Johnson
Youth aspirations and sense of place in a changing rural economy: the Coos youth study, Nena F. Stracuzzi
Publications from 2008
Affordable heat: A whole-buildings efficiency service for Vermont families and businesses, Richard Cowart, Richard Sedano, Frederick Weston, and Brenda Hausauer
Affordable heat: Lowering Vermont's fuel bills and greenhouse emissions, Richard Cowart
A profile of Latinos in rural America, Rogelio Saenz
A profile of New Hampshire's foreign-born population, Ross Gittell and Timothy Lord
Changing the public conversation about social problems, Lynn Davey
Child poverty in New Hampshire, Kristin Smith
Children in central cities and rural communities experience high rates of poverty, Sarah Savage
Climate energy policy and low-income consumers, Antonia Herzog
Concentrated rural poverty and the geography of exclusion, Daniel T. Lichter and Domenico Parisi
Discussion on poor rural areas at the Brookings Institution, Cynthia M. Duncan
Examples of creative graphing, Lawrence C. Hamilton
Grey gold: do older in-migrants benefit rural communities?, Nina Glasgow and David L. Brown
Many New Hampshire jobs do not pay a livable wage, Daphne Kenyon and Allison Churilla
Many new voters make the Granite State one to watch in November, Kenneth M. Johnson, Dante J. Scala, and Andrew Smith
Measures and methods: four tenets for rural economic development in the new economy, Anita Brown-Graham and William Lambe
Pay as you save (PAYS), Paul A. Cillo
Place matters: challenges and opportunities in four rural Americas, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Leslie R. Hamilton, Cynthia M. Duncan, and Chris R. Colocousis
Place matters: Poverty and development challenges in amenity rich, declining resource dependent and chronically poor regions, Cynthia M. Duncan
Population growth in new Hispanic destinations, Kenneth M. Johnson and Daniel T. Lichter
Religion, politics, and the environment in rural America, Michele Dillon and Megan M. Henly
Rural children now less likely to live in married-couple families, Allison Churilla
Rural youth are more likely to be idle, Anastasia Snyder and Diane McLaughlin
The state of Coos County: local perspectives on community and change, Chris R. Colocousis
Understanding chronically poor places: Encouraging more voices and commitment to change, Cynthia M. Duncan
Urban and rural children experience similar rates of low-income and poverty, Allison Churilla
Working hard for the money: trends in women's employment 1970 to 2007, Kristin Smith
Publications from 2007
Biofueling rural development: making the case for linking biofuel production to rural revitalization, Jim Kleinschmidt
Child poverty high in rural America, William P. O'Hare and Sarah Savage
Children's health insurance in New Hampshire: an analysis of New Hampshire Healthy Kids, Sally Ward, Sarah Savage, and Nena F. Stracuzzi
EITC is vital for working-poor families in rural America, William P. Colnes and Elizabeth Kneebone
Employment rates higher among rural mothers than urban mothers, Kristin Smith
Food Stamp and school lunch programs alleviate food insecurity in rural America, Kristin Smith and Sarah Savage
Low wages prevalent In direct care and child care workforce, Kristin Smith and Reagan A. Baughman
New England has the highest increase in income disparity in the nation, Ross Gittell and Jason Rudokas
New faces at the polls in the New Hampshire presidential primary, Kenneth M. Johnson
Rural America in the 21st Century: perspectives from the field , Andrea Colnes, Curt D. Grimm, Amy Seif Hattan, and Nena F. Stracuzzi
Rural children increasingly rely on Medicaid and state child health insurance programs for medical care, William P. O'Hare
Rural soldiers continue to account for disproportionately high share of U.S. casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan, William P. O'Hare and Bill Bishop
Rural workers would benefit more than urban workers from an increase in the federal minimum wage, William P. O'Hare
The changing faces of New England: increasing spatial and racial diversity, Kenneth M. Johnson
The changing faces of New Hampshire: recent demographic trends in the Granite State, Kenneth M. Johnson
The state of working New Hampshire 2007, Allison Churilla
Publications from 2006
Changing church in the south: religion and politics in Elba, Alabama, Julie Ardery
Child poverty in rural America: new data shows increases in 41 states, William P. O'Hare and Sarah Savage
Demographic trends in rural and small town America, Kenneth M. Johnson
Low-Income families in New Hampshire, Allison Churilla
Low-skill workers in rural America face permanent job loss, Amy Glasmeier and Priscilla Salant
New immigrant settlements in rural America: problems, prospects, and policies, Leif Jensen
Resident ownership in New Hampshire's "mobile home parks": A report on economic outcomes (revised 2010), Sally Ward, Charles A. French, and Kelly Giraud
Rural families choose home-based child care for their preschool-aged children, Kristin Smith
Rural voting in the 2004 election, Lawrence C. Hamilton
Subprime and predatory lending in rural America: mortgage lending practices that can trap low-income rural people, Carla Dickstein, Lance George, Theresa Singleton, and Hannah Thomas
Substance abuse in rural and small town America, Karen T. Van Gundy
The state of working New Hampshire 2006, Allison Churilla
The state of working Vermont 2006, Allison Churilla
U.S. rural soldiers account for a disproportionately high share of casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan, William P. O'Hare and Bill Bishop
Values and religion in rural America: attitudes toward abortion and same-sex relations, Michele Dillon and Sarah Savage
Publications from 2005
21st Century restructuring of employment in the Northeast, Amy Glasmeier
Rural America depends on the Food Stamp Program to make ends meet, Priscilla Salant and Kristin Smith
Rural community development: A new paradigm?, Cynthia M. Duncan