According to Hsin Ping-lung, a researcher at the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, wages for foreign laborers are currently around 70-80 % of what local workers are paid. This is a competitive advantage that has given some employers the idea of recruiting local workers on foreign-labor wages, with the result that there continues to be a serious labor shortage in spite of relatively high unemployment.
中華經濟研究院研究員辛炳隆就指出，目前外勞工資大概是本勞的七、八成左右，在如此優勢的競爭條件下，使得一些企業主也想以外勞本薪聘用本勞，這導致國內失業率高卻又嚴重缺工。