The director of one emigration assistance firm suggests that the phenomenon of "airborne emigrants" who constantly fly back and forth relates to the high unemployment in advanced countries over the past years. Given the reality for many that "it is easier to earn money in Taiwan than abroad," the family breadwinners do best by dividing their time between the two places.
國內一家移民公司負責人分析「空中飛人」現象表示，幾個先進國家近幾年失業情況嚴重，在「國外賺錢速度不如國內快」的現實下，主掌家中經濟大權的男主人當然只好兩邊奔波，來往穿梭。