Kinda sorta. I mean yes I hire american devs because it is easier to communicate with them. But if say you told me all american devs cost $1 million dollars (or even 500k) due to a union.. I would make Russan devs work :)
Even things that are not 1:1 replacements still influence the max value of something...
In theory, yes, in practice, you will find out that things are not so simple when you try to actually use that code.