Vladimir Šimić – Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism, University of Split, Cvite Fiskovića 5, 21000 Split, Croatia
Lena Malešević Perović – Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism, University of Split, Cvite Fiskovića 5, 21000 Split, Croatia
Keywords:
Level of development;
Students’ perception;
HDI index;
Life satisfaction
Abstract: This paper investigates the level of development in Balkan countries through comparison of the common development indicators. A starting point is the perception of the level of economic development by a group of first year economics students at the Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism in Split, Croatia. With the students typically not being aware (familiar) of how rich (poor) their country is, this study provides a deeper investigation of the level of development of Croatia and compares it with several countries from the neighborhood. The investigation employs commonly used indicators of economic development – GNI (Gross national income) per capita as usually reported by the World Bank, but also takes into account additional indicators like HDI (Human development index) and life satisfaction indicator. Overall, the study provides an interesting review and comparisons between countries and resolves some misperceptions that are typically present in general public.
6th International Scientific Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology, Tourism, Economics, Management and Agriculture – ITEMA 2022 – Conference Proceedings, Hybrid (University of Maribor, Slovenia), October 27, 2022
ITEMA Conference Proceedings published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans – Belgrade, Serbia
ITEMA conference partners: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor, Slovenia; Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb, Varaždin; Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Serbia; Institute of Marketing, Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poland; Faculty of Agriculture, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine ”King Michael I of Romania”, Romania
ITEMA Conference 2022 Conference Proceedings: ISBN 978-86-80194-63-9, ISSN 2683-5991, DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/ITEMA.2022
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Šimić, V., & Malešević Perović, L. (2022). The Level of Development – Students’ Perceptions and Beyond: The Case of Balkan Countries. In V. Bevanda (Ed.), International Scientific Conference ITEMA 2022: Vol 6. Conference Proceedings (pp. 325-334). Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans. https://doi.org/10.31410/ITEMA.2022.325
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