There is another side to the slackening of demand for labor. Education reforms begun in 1994 that called for the establishment of more high schools and colleges led to a large increase in the number of students obtaining bachelor's and even master's degrees.
國內勞動需求萎縮，另一方面，1994 年以「廣設高中大學」為宗旨的教改上路，年輕人取得大學、甚至碩士學位的比例大幅增加。