# Vodou Economics

Economics of Haiti's Past and Present

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## [The DR's Three Crazy Migration Experiments](https://vodoueconomics.substack.com/p/the-drs-three-crazy-migration-experiments)

_2025-07-14 · Vodou Economics_

What can Caribbean migration teach us about industrial policy in developing countries?

## [Why is Latin America so violent?](https://vodoueconomics.substack.com/p/why-is-latin-america-so-violent)

_2025-06-18 · Vodou Economics_

A new natural experiment

## [What Should I Do?](https://vodoueconomics.substack.com/p/what-should-i-do)

_2025-03-13 · Vodou Economics_

Looking for a sabbatical opportunity

## [Will USAID's Demise Lead to Self-Reliant Countries?](https://vodoueconomics.substack.com/p/will-usaids-demise-lead-to-self-reliant)

_2025-02-21 · Vodou Economics_

To the surprise of many, one of the Trump administration's first actions was to systematically dismantle US Agency for International Development (USAID).

## [Will ending birthright citizenship incur the plagues of Egypt?](https://vodoueconomics.substack.com/p/will-ending-birthright-citizenship)

_2025-01-21 · Vodou Economics_

Trump has signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship for certain children of immigrants. But an unprecedented policy experiment in the Dominican Republic shows it could turn him into an inverted Pharaoh. Egypt was plagued for keeping the House of Israel in. Ending birthright citizenship could bring plagues for trying to keep immigrants out.

## [Haiti's Dire Situation in Graphs (2025 Edition)](https://vodoueconomics.substack.com/p/haitis-dire-situation-in-graphs-2025)

_2025-01-11 · Vodou Economics_

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

## [How did Haitians affect the Chilean labor market?](https://vodoueconomics.substack.com/p/how-did-haitians-affect-the-chilean)

_2024-12-04 · Vodou Economics_

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

## [Why did Haiti's farms get smaller?](https://vodoueconomics.substack.com/p/why-did-haitis-farms-get-smaller)

_2024-11-11 · Vodou Economics_

A natural experiment

## [How big were Haiti's farms?](https://vodoueconomics.substack.com/p/how-big-were-haitis-farms)

_2024-11-04 · Vodou Economics_

More results from new data

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_2024-11-04 · **Sponsored**_

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## [How bad was land inequality in Haiti?](https://vodoueconomics.substack.com/p/how-bad-was-land-inequality-in-haiti)

_2024-10-28 · Vodou Economics_

Evidence from new data