On the last Friday of each month, the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute’s research team shares a curated list of books, research papers, podcasts, and more that are helping to shape our understanding of the economic wellbeing of the Granite State and beyond.

Here are our picks for May 2025:

📄 Multiple Jobholders in New Hampshire – New Hampshire Employment Security 

“…[E]arnings data indicate that 75 percent of non-primary jobs paid $1,250 per month or less, suggesting most are either part-time or minimum wage ($1,250 per month would be 40 hours worked per week at New Hampshire’s minimum wage of $7.25 per hour).”

📄 Why Medicaid Matters for New Hampshire – New Hampshire Center for Justice & Equity 

“The largest eligibility group of people in NH Medicaid is children, with over 90,000 kids receiving Medicaid coverage; that is about 1 in 4 New Hampshire children.”

📄 How Proposed Changes to Medicaid are Expected to Impact Near-Elderly Americans – Brookings Institution

 “These findings are consistent with the evidence from work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which showed that work requirements reduced program participation by 53% with no corresponding effects on employment.”

📄 Impact of Labor and Delivery Unit Closures  – University of New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice

“[A]ccording to 2023 data from the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human services, the areas of the state where there are the most closures are also the areas with the most Medicaid beneficiaries. The closures very likely contribute to the ever worsening maternal mortality disparities in the U.S. and in New Hampshire.”

📄 University Of New Hampshire Applications, Admissions, and Enrollments from New Hampshire Public High Schools – School Funding Fairness Project

“Increased poverty (as measured by enrollment in the Free and Reduced Price Lunch Program) strongly correlates with lower UNH application rates. Even when admitted, students from schools with a higher FRL Eligibility are less likely to enroll at UNH.”

💡 Have you read something that should be on our radar? Share it with us at info@nhfpi.org—we’d love to hear from you!