Talk:Cost of living

Cost of living

• Rates a better article than this. - Hephaestos|§ 02:04, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)
  • ...Wikipedia:Cleanup? -- Cyan
• Keep. Valid economics, politics and social sciences topic. Davodd 02:18, Mar 13, 2004 (UTC)
  • Cleanup; it should include a DEFINITION too, eh? --Monsieur Mero 02:22, Mar 13, 2004 (UTC)
    • I tried. Not an economist, but I got a stub beginning from the U.S. bureau of labor stats. Davodd 06:47, Mar 13, 2004 (UTC)
• Maybe merge into inflation/keep as redir--much overlap, other than the term. Niteowlneils 03:17, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)
• Comment: There seems no reason for this listing in terms of the deletion policy. Andrewa 10:18, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)
• Looks fine now. - Hephaestos|§ 12:45, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)
• I removed it from VfD as Hephaestos was the person who listed it says it's ok now so there seemed no further reason to keep it there. Angela. 15:38, Mar 13, 2004 (UTC)
• This sentence ("One drawback is that difficulty measuring changes in the quality of goods."), which is at the end of the introductory section, is incomplete, although I do not know how to complete it, or what the original author intended. I'm just trying to read the article for information. :) xgravity23 18:42, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

salary vs spending

is there anything that lists which country pays the most yet u spend less. i noticed this in usa, for example, u get paid more than europe, but things cost alot less. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.139.204.43 (talk) 17:28, 29 January 2007 (UTC).

Salary structures vary a lot between industries and different levels on the pay scale. A decent macroeconomic measure that is somewhat similar to what you are looking for is price adjusted per capita GNI (gross national income). The World Bank has some such stats. Or take Per Capita GNI and divide by purchasing power parity PPP. Rough versions of these stats can usually be found online, through national statistical agencies or from the World Bank, OECD, UN or others. This ignores issues in the distribution of the national income, but so does your question. maxsch 01:29, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

References

• 4.159.183.100 11:33, 10 April 2007 (UTC)--4.159.183.100 11:33, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

This article could really use some references to cost of living comparisons between cities and countries.

• We also need references to cost of living comparisons for different segments of the population.

The inflation index that's currently used by the Social Security Administration is based on the way young, urban workers spend their money, using the Consumer Price Index for Workers (CPI-W). That inflation index doesn't fully account for the portion of income that older Americans must spend on health care, and it doesn't include any Medicare costs at all because younger workers are not enrolled in the program. The CPI-W assumes Americans spend 5.6% of their income on medical care, while the CPI-E (the index that tracks the spending inflation of the elderly) assumes older Americans spend 11.3%. The CPI-W fails to capture one the fastest-rising costs for seniors -- Medicare Part B premiums. As a result, the Social Security COLA doesn't reflect the actual spending inflation seniors experience.

Weasel words/citation needed

I added those tags. The first for "most economists..." which was then followed by a statement that I know to be false for the last ten years in the US, but which may be true overall, however there is no citation proving it one way or another. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skintigh (talk • contribs) 21:41, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Worldwide Cost of Living Out of Data

The 2013 results are out and there are changes to those released in 2012. Thus the "latest" information as provided by Wikipedia is in fact incorrect. 220.132.57.42 (talk) 15:39, 4 February 2013 (UTC)