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Press releaseVerbal or numerical? How report cards change parents' views of their children's school skills

A new study by BiB shows that most parents overestimate their children's school skills. Written assessments in report cards have little effect on this, whereas grades have a stronger impact on parents.

Chapters in Edited BooksGreen Change. Inland Amenity Migration in Australia

Buckley, Ralf; Sander, Nikola; Ollenburg, Claudia; Warnken, Jan (2006)

In: Moss, Laurence A.G. (Ed.): The Amenity Migrants. Seeking And Sustaining Mountains And Their Cultures. Wallingford/Cambridge: CAB International: 278–294

DOI: 10.1079/9780851990842.0278

This chapter examines various direct and indirect sources of evidence of amenity migration to mountain and other inland areas in Australia. Using the national census, it finds statistically significant evidence of amenity migration and relates this to land and property values, property marketing materials, and data on rural residents operating tourism businesses on agricultural holdings and second-home owners. All the data sources indicate similar patterns, which coincide broadly with personal observations and anecdotal evidence of increasing amenity migration over recent decades.