Jiří Balcar

VSB - Technical University of Ostrava

Sokolská třída 33

Ostrava, 701 21

Czech Republic

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

16

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1,375

SSRN CITATIONS

11

CROSSREF CITATIONS

5

Scholarly Papers (16)

1.

Soft Skills and Their Wage Returns: Overview of Empirical Literature

Review of Economic Perspectives, 2014, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 3-15
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 30 Aug 2014
Jiří Balcar
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava
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soft skills, wage returns, wage gap, skills-job match

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Future Skills Needs in EU and Skills Transferability in 2020: Sector Meta-Analysis

Ekonomicka Revue, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 5-20, 2011
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 14 Mar 2012
Jiří Balcar
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava
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employability, EU sector analyses, future skills needs, human capital, occupational mobility, transferable skills

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Supply Side Wage Determinants: Overview of Empirical Literature

Review of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 207-222
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 26 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2013
Jiří Balcar
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava
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overview, wage determinants, education, experience, skills, psychological traits, beauty, health, social capital, discrimination, household characteristics, background

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Wage Determinants and Economic Crisis 2008-2014: Evidence from the Czech Republic

Ekonomický časopis, Vol. 64/2016, No. 1, pp. 3-21.
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 26 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2016
Jiří Balcar and Jaromir Gottvald
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava and VSB - Technical University of Ostrava
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wage, human capital, education, business cycle, economic crisis, Czech Republic

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What General Competencies Are Required from the Czech Labour Force?

Prague Economic Papers, Vol. 2014, Issue 2, pp. 250-265, 2014
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 30 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2016
Jiří Balcar, Lenka Janickova and Lenka Filipova
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Independent and VSB - Technical University of Ostrava - Faculty of Economics
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General competencies, soft competencies, job advertisements, probit model

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Is it Better to Invest in Hard or Soft Skills?

The Economic and Labour Relations Review, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 453-470. DOI: 10.1177/1035304616674613
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 03 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2021
Jiří Balcar
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava
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education, gender differences, hard skills, interaction, soft skills, wage returns

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Gender Wage Gap in the Czech Republic: First Descriptive Analysis Based on Survey 2011

Review of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 151-167, 2012
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 18 Feb 2015
Jiří Balcar, Lenka Filipova and Lenka Janickova
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava - Faculty of Economics and Independent
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gender wage gap, gender wage discrimination, family roles

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Commuting pays off: Evidence on wage returns to inter-urban and intra-urban commuting

Moravian Geographical Reports, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 112-123. DOI: 10.2478/mgr-2020-0009
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Jakub Vontroba, Jiří Balcar and Milan Simek
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava and VSB - Technical University of Ostrava - Faculty of Economics
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commuting, wage returns, job search, urban environment, transport infrastructure, Czech Republic

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Soft Skills of Czech Graduates

Review of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 45-61. DOI: 10.2478/revecp-2018-0003
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Jiří Balcar, Milan Simek and Lenka Filipová
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava - Faculty of Economics and VSB - Technical University of Ostrava
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graduates, language skills, professional skills, skill gap, soft skills, university

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The 'Soft Five' in Romania

The Romanian Economic Journal, Vol. 15, No. 43, pp. 21-41, 2012
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 Feb 2015
Jiří Balcar
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava
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soft competencies, employability, work performance, training, education

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Soft Competencies in Bulgaria

Economic Alternatives, Vol. 2013, No. 2, pp. 88-99
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 19 Feb 2015
Jiří Balcar
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava
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soft competencies, graduates, employability, education

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Suitability of the Monocentric City Model for Analysing Suburbanization Processes in the Czech Republic

Ekonomický časopis, Vol. 71, No. 4-5, pp. 321-342 (2023)
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 07 Feb 2024
Martin Krejčí and Jiří Balcar
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava and VSB - Technical University of Ostrava
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suburbanization, urban sprawl, monocentric city model, spillover effect, spatial regression

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Communication and language skills pay off, but not everybody needs them

International Journal of the Sociology of Language, Vol. 2021, No. 270, pp. 59-93. DOI: 10.1515/ijsl-2020-0021
Posted: 27 Jan 2022
Jiří Balcar and Lucie Dokoupilová
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava and University of Ostrava

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communication skills, gender, job requirements, language skills, occupation, wage returns

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Influence of Female Managers on Gender Wage Gap and Returns to Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills

Gender, Work & Organization, Vol. 26, No. 5, pp. 722-737, 2019. DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12261
Posted: 10 Jan 2022
Jiří Balcar and Veronika Hedija
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava and Collegue of Polytechnics Jihlava

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female manager, gender wage gap, wage determinants, cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills

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Urban environmental quality and out-migration intentions

The Annals of Regional Science. Vol. 66, No. 3, pp. 579-607. DOI: 10.1007/s00168-020-01030-1
Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Jiří Balcar and Jan Sulak
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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pollution, environmental quality, migration, brain drain, shrinking cities, satisfaction, PM2.5, air pollution

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Non-cognitive skills matter, beauty not that much: Evidence on hiring technicians

Journal for East European Management Studies, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 44-72. DOI: 10.5771/0949-6181-2021-1-44
Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Jiří Balcar
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava

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non-cognitive skills, soft skills, psychological traits, beauty, hiring, technician