> I’d imagine they would pull from the same pool as auto manufacturers and other “anyone can apply” plant/manufacturing jobs. What is this pool? The cost of l

> I’d imagine they would pull from the same pool as auto manufacturers and other “anyone can apply” plant/manufacturing jobs. What is this pool? The cost of living in the US is (according to my very lazy Google search) about 4 times as high as in Taiwan on average. From what I understand from afar (I'm in the EU), $36k/year really isn't enough to buy a good quality of life in the US. I don't see anyone but those who have very little bargaining power working in these fabs... My point was that whether it's the US, South Korea or Taiwan, the pool of available workers is probably the same and I suspect the birth rate of the country has very little impact on it.