Which Skills are the Most Prized? Analysing Monetary Value of Geographers’ Skills on the Labour Market in Six European Countries

Piróg, Danuta; Hibszer, Adam

Which Skills are the Most Prized? Analysing Monetary Value of Geographers’ Skills on the Labour Market in Six European Countries

Quaestiones Geographicae

Volume 42 (2023): Issue 4 (December 2023)

By:

Danuta Piróg

and Adam Hibszer

Open Access

|Dec 2023

Figures & Tables

Stages of the research procedure.
Source: own work. — Stages of the research procedure. Source: own work.

Regression tree for GBP.
Source: own work. — Regression tree for GBP. Source: own work.

Regression tree for PLN.
Source: own work. — Regression tree for PLN. Source: own work.

Regression tree for EURO.
Source: own work. — Regression tree for EURO. Source: own work.

The best predictors for a dependent variable (remuneration) by currency_

EURO			PLN			GBP
word/sentence	F-value	p-value	word/sentence	F-value	p-value	word/sentence	F-value	p-value
mother tongue	43.21917	0.000000	geological	100.2249	0.000000	gis	159.2739	0.000000
teaching	19.85193	0.000011	study	60.5423	0.000000	python	116.1116	0.000000
foreign language	13.66830	0.000250	pedagogical	49.5815	0.000000	javascript	75.1077	0.000000
interdisciplinary	12.11479	0.000558	land	44.3487	0.000000	implement	54.3710	0.000000
computer	8.83863	0.003136	draft	41.5861	0.000000	software	53.7989	0.000000
implement	6.06630	0.014219	advanced	34.7165	0.000000	teaching	45.4052	0.000000
statistical	5.77829	0.016701	field	33.6697	0.000000	geospatial	44.6137	0.000000
professional	5.12849	0.024096	hydrogeological	33.6245	0.000000	technological	40.1315	0.000000
publication	4.72761	0.030295	hydrography	32.4548	0.000000	explaining	37.2314	0.000000
processing	4.42281	0.036115	documentation	30.7242	0.000000	geoenvironmental	35.9375	0.000000
investigative	4.17468	0.041718	graphics	29.1576	0.000000	solution	33.9021	0.000000
international	3.66011	0.056477	executing	27.1883	0.000000	define	32.1312	0.000000
graphic	3.64130	0.057112	English	25.5585	0.000000	reliability	32.0249	0.000000
precise	3.50102	0.062095	construction	25.2428	0.000001	investigative	31.7571	0.000000
relations	3.49585	0.062288	flexible	24.8398	0.000001	project	31.4953	0.000000
negotiating	3.12685	0.077810	oligophrenopedagogy	23.7844	0.000001	data	31.0935	0.000000
coping	2.72856	0.099390	drilling (adjective)	22.4606	0.000002	geological	30.9687	0.000000
teaching	2.56951	0.109768	drilling (noun)	21.4213	0.000004	technical	30.9504	0.000000
university	2.48751	0.115581	office	18.9589	0.000014	classroom	30.8648	0.000000
independence	2.35215	0.125938	map	16.7032	0.000045	academical	30.0552	0.000000
speech	2.34226	0.126735	managing	16.2222	0.000058	ensure	30.0199	0.000000
innovative	2.29678	0.130469	training	14.9204	0.000114	manage	29.9769	0.000000
qualification	2.26085	0.133507	water	14.4314	0.000148	geotechnical	29.2295	0.000000
practical	2.13958	0.144364	geotechnician	14.1588	0.000171	cooperation	28.6344	0.000000
utilise	2.12955	0.145305	autocad	13.4466	0.000249	enterprise	27.6629	0.000000
expert opinions	2.01128	0.156949	designing	12.7017	0.000370	lead	26.5837	0.000000
drafting	2.00620	0.157472	individual	12.2152	0.000480	progress	26.1714	0.000000
management	1.92907	0.165669	law	12.0555	0.000523	improve	26.0998	0.000000
solving	1.87776	0.171393	laboratory	11.6474	0.000650	identify	25.1227	0.000001
applying	1.74394	0.187431	resocialisation	11.4585	0.000720	practical	25.1004	0.000001