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Making carbon pricing work for citizens

TL;DR: In this article, the authors synthesize findings regarding the optimal use of carbon revenues from both traditional economic analyses and studies in behavioural and political science that are focused on public acceptability, and compare real-world carbon pricing regimes with theoretical insights on distributional fairness, revenue salience, political trust and policy stability.
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Global Estimates of the Burden of Injury and Illness at Work in 2012

TL;DR: It is estimated that globally there are 2.3 million deaths annually for reasons attributed to work, and Vision Zero is a useful concept and philosophy in gradually eliminating any harm at work.
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Sustainability assessment of electricity generation technologies using weighted multi-criteria decision analysis

TL;DR: In this article, the authors comprehensively ranked a large number of electricity generation technologies based on their compatibility with the sustainable development of the industry, and found that large hydroelectric projects are the most sustainable technology type, followed by small hydro, onshore wind and solar photovoltaic.
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The Development of the STEM Career Interest Survey (STEM-CIS)

TL;DR: The STEM Career Interest Survey (STEM-CIS) as mentioned in this paper ) is a survey with subscales in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics for middle school students in rural, high-poverty districts in the US.
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Trouble in the Making?: The Future of Manufacturing-Led Development

TL;DR: In the past, manufacturing-led development typically delivered both productivity gains and job creation for unskilled labor as mentioned in this paper, however, these trends raise fears that manufacturing will no longer offer an accessible pathway for low-income countries to develop and, even if feasible, will not provide the same dual benefits of productivity gains, job creation and low-skilled labor.