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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.

Miscellaneous PublicationsSocial Capital and Fertility Intentions. The Case of Italy, Bulgaria, and West Germany

Di Giulio, Paola; Bühler, Christoph; Ette, Andreas; Fraboni, Romina; Ruckdeschel, Kerstin (2012)

VID Working Paper 02/2012. Wien: Vienna Institute of Demography