Archive - Vodou Economics

Haiti's Dire Situation in Graphs (2025 Edition)

I’m falling into an unfortunate tradition of annually updating the graphs of how bad Haiti’s situation is.

Jan 11 •

Vodou Economics

December 2024

How did Haitians affect the Chilean labor market?

This is a summary of a paper by Alessandra Anna Palazzo, an economics graduate student at University of Maryland.

Dec 4, 2024 •

Vodou Economics

November 2024

Why did Haiti's farms get smaller?

A natural experiment

Nov 11, 2024 •

Vodou Economics

How big were Haiti's farms?

More results from new data

Nov 4, 2024 •

Vodou Economics

October 2024

How bad was land inequality in Haiti?

Evidence from new data

Oct 28, 2024 •

Vodou Economics

August 2024

January 2024

New data on Haiti's Dire Situation

Last year, I wrote about the troubling trends in Haiti’s kidnappings, homicides, and other indicators of unrest.

Jan 25, 2024 •

Vodou Economics

March 2023

Haiti's Dire Situation in 4 Graphs

Last week I was sitting down to lunch with a new friend from Haiti, and it was a bizarre experience.

Mar 10, 2023 •

Vodou Economics

October 2022

No One Wants to Help Haiti

But one thing will get America to help

Oct 26, 2022 •

Vodou Economics

July 2022

My piece on Haitian divergence

Another substack invited me to write a piece on Haiti’s history, focusing on its divergence from the Dominican Republic.

Jul 27, 2022 •

Vodou Economics

May 2022

The New York Times is Wrong About Haiti

The New York Times recently published a series of articles about the history of Haiti.

May 24, 2022 •

Vodou Economics

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