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Social Sciences, 2023 While the societal acceptance of trans people has made strides, discrimination remains prevalent in professional settings. The concept of decent work denotes the minimal acceptable standards for the workforce.
José Baptista +2 more
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Public Policies to Reduce Sugary Drink Consumption in Children and Adolescents
Pediatrics, 2019 Excess consumption of added sugars, especially from sugary drinks, poses a grave health threat to children and adolescents, disproportionately affecting children of minority and low-income communities.
N. Muth +3 more
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Public policies of food and nutrition in Brazil: From Lula to Temer
Revista de Nutrição, 2019 Objective To analyze public policies on food and nutrition in Brazil, with emphasis on the last fifteen years (2003-2018). Methods Historical-documentary analysis based on a bibliographical survey on indexed bases and exploratory visits to websites of ...
F. A. G. D. Vasconcelos +5 more
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Education and Public Policy [PDF]
Fiscal Studies, 1999 Abstract Economists usually concentrate on the productive aspect of education; it is the most important way by which societies can, and do, invest in human capital. The fact that education increases the skill levels of individuals and contributes to the rise and spread of technological progress is beyond dispute.
Jayasri Dutta +2 more
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Effects of atmospheric discharges on wind farms performance: a review study
Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 2022 One of the factors that influence the energy projects’ performance is the atmospheric conditions. Atmospheric discharges are a recurrent and natural phenomenon, that for the energy sector, represent a risk for the system functioning due to the ...
Mello Gisela +2 more
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Innovations and Support Institutions: the 1st Geographical Indication in Brazil
Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, 2015 The Geographical Indication (GI) is an intellectual property instrument that may allow the adoption of innovations through the appreciation and insertion of origin labeled products in the market.
Yohanna Vieira Juk, Marcos Paulo Fuck
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The Inner Functioning of Local Governance Networks in Centralized Countries: A ‘Brave New World’?
Social Sciences, 2023 Local governance networks are increasingly seen as the big idea to cope with issues that are complex enough in scope and scale to require a diversity of expertise and resources. While conventional narrative has posited that local networks are optimal for
Patrícia Silva +4 more
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Congestion, Road Safety, and the Effectiveness of Public Policies in Urban Areas
Sustainability, 2019 Congestion and road accidents are both considered essential challenges for sustainable mobility in large cities, but their relationship is only partially explored by the literature. In this paper, we empirically examine different public policies aimed at
Daniel Albalate, Xavier Fageda
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Public Sector Personnel Economics: Wages, Promotions, and the Competence-Control Trade-off [PDF]
, 2016 We model personnel policies in public agencies, examining how wages and promotion standards can partially offset a fundamental contracting problem: the inability of public sector workers to contract on performance, and the inability of political masters ...
Cameron, Charles M. +2 more
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Behavioral Sciences, 2022 (1) Background: The motivational determinants of health professionals to choose and remain in the public sector have been increasingly addressed, including the customized approach of Public Service Motivation (PSM).
Alexandre Fernandes +2 more
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