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International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy

Table 3 Number of Big Macs bought with early childhood teacher monthly salaries (in USD)

From: Compensation of Chinese early childhood teachers: a preliminary study in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Singapore, and Taipei

City

EC teacher median monthly wage

Price of a Big Mac hamburger (USD)

Equivalent numbers of hamburgers

Hong Kong

2,248a

2.19a

1,026a

Shenzhen

1,671

2.57

650

Singapore

1,508b

3.64b

414b

Taipei

2,124

2.54

850

  1. aThe best one among the four cities. bThe worst one among the four cities.
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