Location Choice: Empirical Study of Taiwan Youth Willingness to China on Exchange Study, Employment, Startup and Settlement

• Main Authors: CHEN, WEI-TING, 陳韋廷
• Other Authors: CHUNG, TSUNG-TING
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/chc52h

碩士 === 國立雲林科技大學 === 企業管理系 === 105 === “Should I work in China?” This research explores the willingness of Taiwan youth to mainland China on issues of exchange study, employment, startup business and settlement. The survey was conducted among eight colleges in Taiwan and questionnaires were included four parts: (1) willingness of exchange study in China; (2) get job in China; (3) startup own business in China; (4) settle in the China After a descriptive statistical analysis of 1011 valid samples, the study found that: (1) Taiwan youths prefer to do the cross-strait exchanges by traveling and hope to learn the advantages of each other and establish the friendship. Only 9.6% of people are unwilling to do the cross-strait exchanges because of economic pressures; (2) About half of the students are willing to work in China due to not only the rapid growth and higher wages in China, but also the low salary in Taiwan. Only 15.5% of people do not want to work in China due to the personal and property security; (3) Due to the enhancement of the international influence and tremendous market growth in China, 33.4% of youths would like to start a business in China. However, the problems of personal and property safety and entrepreneurial risk cause 14.9% of people are unwilling; (4) Due to factors of diet, climate, environment, economic pressure, career development, only 18.4% of people would like to live in China. Finally, we made recommendations on Taiwan youths, cross-strait governments for future references which help the future cross-strait exchanges of higher education, and assist youth in innovation and entrepreneurship, also the development of straits business.