Hsin Ping-lung observes that in advanced countries the employment security system comprises three major segments: unemployment insurance, employment counseling and vocational training. But in a large-scale survey in Taiwan, many people preferred to say they were "not in a hurry to find work" rather than admit to being unemployed. This leads to the bizarre situation of "a large percentage of people without work, but very low unemployment figures."
辛炳隆指出，先進國家的就業安全體系有三大部份，分別是失業保險、就業輔導和職業訓練；而以往國內在做大規模調查時，許多民眾寧可自稱「不急著找工作」，也不願承認自己在失業狀態，造成國內「閒置人口比例很高，失業率卻很低」的奇特現象。