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Wealth in Haiti= building and tearing down

1/8/2013

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For IPUMS-International, I look at a lot of international census data. And I make a lot of household wealth indices using dwelling characteristics, utilities and household assets. Most census questionnaires ask about assets as an indicator of socioeconomic status, especially in developing countries. And most of these assets are common across countries: cell phone, TV, car, bicycle, cart, fan, computer, fridge, radio etc.

But, Haiti 2003 gave me two new indicators of wealth: machetes and excavators.

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8/11/2014 05:09:13 pm

Thus, we have the thrivers, those who have recovered their financial position post recession; and the strugglers, those who are in a worse financial position following the recession.

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    Aine Seitz McCarthy

    International development, economics and some pretty ambitious ideas from a stubborn graduate student clinging to her sense of adventure.


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