Jason Hicks

Ph.D. candidate in the Humphrey School of Public Affairs | Economics | Poverty | Inequality | Public Finance

[Jason Hicks @jasonhicks74]

@RobDemovsky Total yards allowed per game isn't a good measure of "overall defense." More advanced overall defensive metrics rank the Packers much lower. For example, DVOA has the Packers at 17th in 2020, which is lower than 15th in 2019.

[Jason Hicks @jasonhicks74]

Expand the ability of the healthcare workers to provide shots by loosening scope of practice laws https://t.co/jbu6vPWzQn

[Jason Hicks @jasonhicks74]

This is an excellent, short thread by @henryfarrell

[Jason Hicks @jasonhicks74]

@ShannonSharpe Ya, we need less evidence-based decision-making...

[Jason Hicks @jasonhicks74]

@GeryWoelfel Gery, thanks for sharing Donald Trump's unbias opinion on why his dad is being treated unfairly. It completely changed my mind.

[Jason Hicks @jasonhicks74]

@peterbakernyt @nytimes Good company...

[Jason Hicks @jasonhicks74]

Research shows that #StandYourGround laws increase firearm homicide rates. https://t.co/K286DfThMs

[Jason Hicks @jasonhicks74]

@CunningCindy @pqblair Additionally, in some cases misdemeanors are grounds for not issuing a license, which is commonly within the context of a misdemeanor "related to the occupation" which likely gives boards wide leeway to not issue a license to someone with a misdemeanor conviction.

[Jason Hicks @jasonhicks74]

This is a snippet of research I am doing with @pqblair at Harvard and Morris Kleiner at the University of Minnesota.

[Cindy Sieden @CunningCindy]

AEA paper from Harvard prof @pqblair shows while mass incarceration has exploded over the last several decades in the US, states have put more restrictions on occupational licenses for those with criminal records. We need to keep this in mind as we consider expungement reform!

[Jason Hicks @jasonhicks74]

@CunningCindy @pqblair Something to keep in mind this is whether there are is any felony restrictions. There is also diversity within this like conviction of any felony or felonies for specific offenses.

[Jason Hicks @jasonhicks74]

@marshaeg @Sethrogen How baked were you when you sent this tweet?

[Jason Hicks @jasonhicks74]

According to the MIT Elections Performance Index, 6 of the 10 worst states for election administration performance in 2016 are part of the #SCOTUS lawsuit challenging the 2020 election results.

[Jason Hicks @jasonhicks74]

@WhiteHouse @realDonaldTrump Clearly General Perna has not read Trump's twitter feed.

[Equitable Growth @equitablegrowth]

Jason Hicks @UMNews now presenting on The Historical Origins and Evolution of Criminal Records-Occupational Licensing Laws #EGgrantee #EG2021

[Jason Hicks @jasonhicks74]

@pqblair

[Equitable Growth @equitablegrowth]

Also *3 PM*: Labor Market Regulations & the Outcomes of Vulnerable Workers, w. Chair Aixa Alemán-Díaz
@equitablegrowth +discussants Jasmine Hill @jazdhill &
@SydneeCaldwell, ft. papers by:
@RobynnCox @KBronfenbrenner
Jason Hicks @UMNews
Samuel Young @MITecon
#EGgrantee #EG2021

[Jason Hicks @jasonhicks74]

@PressSec @andersoncooper @AC360 @CNN This is "presidential" today:

Lie first. Lie after.

[Jason Hicks @jasonhicks74]

@atrupar cyborg

[Jason Hicks @jasonhicks74]

This seems to highlight some of the challenges of focusing on mitigation efforts that are primarily or only focused on protecting the most vulnerable. https://t.co/lE0M7KVwr5 via @WSJ

[Jason Hicks @jasonhicks74]

Ya, these people who don't want to curtail activities because of COVID don't have to pay the full costs associated with them getting and spreading COVID. https://t.co/v0omc05Ymb

[Jason Hicks @jasonhicks74]

You know it's bad for #Trump when this is one of the lead articles on #BreitbartNews

[Breitbart News @BreitbartNews]

Lawyers for President Donald Trump from the Porter Wright firm have withdrawn as of Friday from representing him in challenges to election results Pennsylvania. https://t.co/LZvX1tVkJt