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Xpatulator.com is a website that provides international cost of living information and calculators that can help you determine cost of living indexes, cost of living allowances, salary purchasing power and international assignment packages to compensate for cost of living, hardship, and exchange rate differences.

Comparable Worth: Equal Pay for Equal Work – Expatriate Salary Purchasing Power Parity

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Xpatulator

Comparable worth is a principle that states that people who perform work of equal value should receive similar levels of compensation regardless of gender, ethnicity, nationality etc, but with the exception of legally allowable differences such as level of performance, … Continue reading →

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Retire to a low cost of living country

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Xpatulator

Picture this. It’s 2024, and you have been retired for several years now. You are up early for a light breakfast and head out on your way to the golf course while your significant other heads for the mall. But the reality is that you work at the local pro shop, and your partner works in a bookshop in an effort to supplement your retirement funds and make the money last another 30 years. Continue reading →

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Why your salary is what it is

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Xpatulator

Have you ever wondered why your salary is what it is? At first glance you would probably say it is based on what you signed up for when you joined your company and on the salary increases you received since then. Perhaps this was based on the state of the economy, your company’s profitability or hopefully your performance. But let us dig a little deeper. Continue reading →

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North Africa and the Middle East – Expatriate Viewpoint

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Xpatulator

North Africa and the Middle East have been shaken by what could be described as a youthquake this year. What is driving it? Will it end soon? Should you accept an expatriate job in this region? As an expatriate how … Continue reading →

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Expat Travel – How far have you flown?

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Xpatulator

How far have you traveled as an expat??? Continue reading →

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Expatriate Newspapers – Have you had your fill of news today!?

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Xpatulator

Are you missing your favourite newspaper as an expat, so what to do about it? Continue reading →

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The Role of Hypothetical Tax in Expatriate Assignment Pay

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Xpatulator

Tax rates differ throughout the world. When an individual goes on an expatriate assignment they may move to a higher or lower tax regime. If differences in tax are not taken into account by multi-national organizations, it becomes difficult to move individual expatriates. What tax formulas should you be looking at when moving countries and what is Hypothetical Tax? Continue reading →

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Returning expats

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Xpatulator

Former expat Robert Leveson has left Singapore to start again in Britain. The only problem is, they do things differently there. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatlife/8257275/Returning-expats-and-the-curse-of-adjustmentitus.html

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An Islamic Perspective on Child-Rearing and Discipline By Umm Salihah

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Xpatulator

Thanks to a small number of Muslims and large chunks of the mainstream media, Islam has gained a reputation for severity and harshness. When it comes to the way we raise our children this can often be true – but … Continue reading →

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Educated Unemployables: China, Twitter and 20-Year-Olds vs. the Pyramids

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Xpatulator

Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, Tunisia today are overflowing with the most frustrated cohort in the world — “the educated unemployables.” They have college degrees on paper but really don’t have the skills to make them globally competitive. I was just in … Continue reading →

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