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THE RELATION OF HUMAN AND SOCIAL CAPITAL WITH QUALITY OF LIFE AND EMIGRATION INTENTION AMONG YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

There has been a fast growing trend of emigration of young, university educated people from eastern Croatia to other regions within Croatia, but mostly abroad. Although financial issues have been recognized as an important factor in deciding to migrate, psychological and social factors also significantly shape intention and motivation for emigration and should be explored in more detail. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between various indicators of human and social capital and subjective quality of life among young professionals from Osijek-Baranja County and their emigration intentions. Presented research is part of the Project: "Role of the subjective quality of life in young people intention for regional or international emigration", funded by University J.J. Strossmayer in Osijek. This topic is particularly pertinent for this university, because as a leading education authority in eastern Croatia, it provides education for a large number of students, developing future experts that can potentially contribute to improvement of the regional and national economy. In this paper, various human and social capital indicators of Osijek-Baranja County are presented. Results indicate a significant connection between social capital and subjective well- being, although various social capital indicators correlate differently with subjective quality of life. Identifying aspects of quality of life and of social and human capital that are connected with emigration intention will contribute to understanding of this important issue.

Human capital, social capital, quality of life, emigration

Rad je nastao u okviru projekta "Uloga subjektivne kvalitete života u namjeri mladih ljudi za iseljenjem iz regije ili zemlje" (INGI2015-39 ; voditeljica izv.prof.dr.sc. G.Vuletić) financiranog od Sveučilišta J.J.Strossmayer u Osijeku.