In the 1970s and 1980s, Taiwanese workers who lost their jobs had an average period of unemployment of less than 20 weeks. With the institution of unemployment payments under the Labor Insurance system in 1999, this period began to rise. But when the Employment Insurance system was implemented in 2003, the unemployment period began to decline, dropping from 2003's average of 30.54 weeks to January 2007's average of 25.1 weeks.
我國勞工「失業週期」從 1970、80 年代的低於 20 週，到 1999 年勞保失業給付實施後即開始屢創新高，好在 2003 年「就業保險」開辦後卻不升反降，從該年的 30.54 週下降為今年元月份的 25.1 週。