With developing countries – in particular, China, India, and the ex-Soviet bloc – bringing almost 1.5 billion workers into the world economy since the early 1990’s, it is not difficult to understand the potential impact of this effect. After all, much of this labor force was absorbed by labor-intensive industries that eventually churned out products exported to the rest of the world.
因为中国、印度、前苏联等发展中国家从20世纪90年代初起即携带近15亿劳动力融入世界经济，上述效应所产生的潜在影响力并不难想象。毕竟其中多数人被劳动力密集型行业所吸收，批量制造出各种产品出口到世界各国。事实上，这些大幅增加的劳动力压低了劳动力密集型产品的相对价格，该类产品从1989到2008年间价格降低了约15%。