Because of the currency flow, the rise and fall in the stock market, which has given investors a good scare, and the fourteen key construction projects under way, the labor shortage is becoming more serious in the area of building and construction. The Happy Lottery, the economic prosperity and even the surplus and fourteen key projects have created the temporary labor shortage.
「大家樂」、經濟景氣、甚至游資過剩、十四項建設，都是造成台灣勞工短缺的暫時性因素；從人力供給的角度來看，我國的基層勞工，也將有長期結構性的短缺現象。原因之一是逐年下降的人口增加率。