ABSTRACT
Two simulation experiments have been chosen to demonstrate the usefulness of an interregional economic-demographic model of the US in general and the Ecesis model in particular. The first experiment measures the impact of increased Asian immigration to the US The issue is not only how this increased immigration will affect long-term economic growth in the US but also how regional growth patterns will be affected. First, the legislative policies of the US regarding Asian immigration and a brief history of the patterns of Asian immigration to the US will be given. Immigration is an explicit component in Ecesis and the detailed interregional demographic model linked to the state economic models allow immigrants to be tracked as they move throughout the US in response to economic incentives. Then a simulation experiment designed to measure the quantitative impacts of Asian immigration and the results.
