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Comparing Cost of Living and Affordability for Expatriates and Ordinary Residents

In: 2018 Annual Indices for Expatriates and Ordinary Residents on Cost of Living, Wages and Purchasing Power for World’s Major Cities

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  • Khee Giap Tan
  • Isaac Yang En Tan
  • Yanjiang Zhang
  • Sky Jun Jie Chua

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The following sections are included:IntroductionRegional ComparisonA Regional Comparison of the Discrepancy between Cost of Living for Expatriates and Cost of Living for Ordinary ResidentsA Region-Specific Comparison of the Discrepancy between Cost of Living for Expatriates and Cost of Living for Ordinary ResidentsA Case Study on Singapore: How Does the Singapore Government Ensure Housing Affordability for Ordinary Residents?Introduction and Policy BackgroundData and Research MethodologyEmpirical Results and Policy DiscussionConcluding Remarks and Future Research AgendaReferences

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  • Khee Giap Tan & Isaac Yang En Tan & Yanjiang Zhang & Sky Jun Jie Chua, 2020. "Comparing Cost of Living and Affordability for Expatriates and Ordinary Residents," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: 2018 Annual Indices for Expatriates and Ordinary Residents on Cost of Living, Wages and Purchasing Power for World’s Major Cities, chapter 6, pages 615-637, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789811208867_0006
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    Keywords

    Cost of Living; Purchasing Power; Wages; Expatriates; Ordinary Residents;
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    JEL classification:

    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth

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