The European Securities and Markets Authority's 2024 market report on the costs and performance of EU retail investment products provides an overview of key developments up to the end of 2023, a year characterised by improving returns and a macroeconomic slowdown. Similarly to previous editions,...

Home visiting programs have demonstrated potential for tackling early deficits in children's cognitive, language, motor, and social-emotional skills, but little is known about their costs or how much the costs may vary across contexts. Using an ingredients-based approach for measuring all...

Farmland fragmentation in use is related to higher operation cost and reduced productivity, while ownership fragmentation increases transaction costs, both leading to ineffi-cient land use and diminished overall farm performance. This paper aims to quantify the costs of farmland ownership...