Understanding and Tracking Cost of Living, Wages and Purchasing Power for Expatriates and Ordinary Residents

Khee Giap Tan, Trieu Duong Luu Nguyen, Chandran Divya and Kong Yam Tan

Chapter 1 in 2016 Annual Indices for Expatriates and Ordinary Residents on Cost of Living, Wages and Purchasing Power for World's Major Cities, 2018, pp 1-19 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:Background and Research MotivationLiterature ReviewFactors which Affect Cost of Living, Wages and Purchasing Power for Expatriates and Ordinary ResidentsGeographical Distributions of Cities According to Cost of Living for Expatriates and Cost of Living for Ordinary ResidentsSensitivity of Cost of Living Rankings to Exchange Rate FluctuationsThe Effects of Currency Appreciation on Expatriates and Ordinary ResidentsRelationships between Cost of Living, Purchasing Power and LiveabilityExpected Contributions of the ACI’s Study and Chapter Organisation of the BookReferences

Keywords: Cost of Living; Purchasing Power; Residents; Expatriates; Wages Index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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