This paper looks at how government spending affects productivity and its decomposition before and during the COVID-19 outbreak. Using panel data from 158 economies, the research shows that spending money on health care increases productivity, while spending money on the military slows down...

This report presents the proposal for an EU Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (EU-PoMS), based on the findings of an expert group of 21 people from 12 European countries. The objectives are to: (i) develop a cost-effective Core Scheme which includes the most relevant taxa, is able to detect changes...