Hatidza Jahic

University of Sarajevo | UNSA · Department of Economic Theory and Policy

The current study investigates how attitudes towards digital transformation and personal innovativeness affect the acceptance of emergency remote learning in the COVID-19 pandemic environment. The pandemic has affected all aspects of societies across the globe, including higher education that was also a significant push-up factor for the digital tr...

The relationship between education and labor market is significant and complex. Education increases employment opportunities and reduces the chance of occurrence and duration of unemployment. Earnings, among other things, represent private returns on investment in education and are in the center of the analysis of this article. The main aim of this...

The study presents a comparative analysis of youth labour markets in the Western Balkans. It analyses the key indicators identifying large gender gaps and education gaps in youth employment rates and provides a focus on young people who are neither in employment, education or training (NEET). It identifies the main challenges facing youth labour ma...

Young people in six Western Balkan economies (WB6) have an unfavourable position on the region’s labour markets. In 2020, the youth employment rate for the 15-24 age group was below 27% in all WB economies, while the youth unemployment rate for the 15-24 age group was above 26% (compared to just 16.8% in the EU-27, for the 15-24 age group) reaching...

Purpose Literature suggests that open innovation approach of large firms shows different characteristics with small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), so this paper tends to shed light on these structural differences. With the aim to gain a deeper understanding of the adoption of inbound innovation practices among firms in one small transition e...

One of the biggest challenges facing the education system in Bosnia and Herzegovina is bridging the gap between the current state of higher education and the demand for research, innovation and a robust STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) curriculum. Higher education instiutions (HEIs) face poor R&D infrastructure while companies s...

Employment has been identified at the top of the list of young people’s concerns across Europe. Given the fact that in Bosnia and Herzegovina youth is one of the most vulnerable group, mainly due to the high unemployment rate, the main goal of this paper to determine the key individual and household characteristics of young people that influence th...

Kontinuirano ulaganje u obrazovanje je ključni čimbenik gospodarskog rasta i razvoja. Ulaganje u obrazovanje je investicija sa povratima od ulaganja te sa višestrukim pozitivnim učincima na privatnoj i društvenoj razini. Ostvarene zarade na tržištu rada predstavljaju privatne povrate od ulaganja u obrazovanje i njihovo mjerenje je u središtu znanst...

One of the major problems in Bosnia and Herzegovina is youth emigration which, in a simple definition, is the act of leaving a resident country with the intent to settle elsewhere. Young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina mainly emigrate to European countries in search of better living conditions. Emigration from Bosnia and Herzegovina is a continu...

Education plays a central role in today's understanding of growth and development dynamics. However, its relationship with other factors is complex. This paper aims to investigate the effect of different forms of education on youth employability in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is done by using the USAID MEASURE-BiH National Youth Survey. Research h...

Corruption, commonly defined as the abuse of public power for private gain, is a widespread phenomenon in many countries of the world where its consequences have serious problems. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the moderating role of national culture on the social progress-corruption link and education corruption link. It was hypo...

This paper aims to show the evolution of the role and importance of education in economic theory, especially in theoretical approaches to economic development after World War II. In order to find answers and to present a current issue - why and how certain countries have made progress while others have regressed in the development process, many the...

Poverty and inequality in Bosnia and Herzegovina