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Taiwan's inadequate minimum wage has led to a multitude of social problems, including high injury death rates, mental health issues, and increasing suicide rates.

Since 1985, Taiwan’s real estate profits have grown by nearly 40 times, but the minimum wage has not even grown by four times. If the minimum wage had grown as quickly as real estate profits, it ...

Data source: International Monetary Fund When we compare in terms of US dollar-value growth, we however see that in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s, Taiwan and South Korea’s per capita GDP were only ...

Taiwan’s minimum wage has stagnated for such a long time that the government needs to raise it by two to three times to meet the cost of living or catch up with other advanced economies ...

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Taiwan’s housing prices are one of the highest in the world, but policymakers don’t seem to understand the gravity of the situation, nor have they taken urgent steps to resolve the crisis ...

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Taiwan’s manufacturing profits are growing disproportionately faster than non-manufacturing profits, which has resulted in a loss of innovation and diversity in the economy.

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In recent years, Taiwan has seen a rise in road traffic deaths, suicide deaths, and a drop in fertility rates, which could be related to its inadequate and low wages.