The origin of this wave of unemployment is the large number of traditional labor-intensive industries that are closing factories and moving overseas, a trend which results in "structural unemployment." As the economy improves there is no hope that these unemployed can return to their former manufacturing occupations.
而這波失業主要肇因於大量的傳統勞力密集產業關廠外移，屬於「結構性失業」，即使將來景氣復甦，這些失業者重返職場的希望也依然渺茫。