Microeconomic Model Of Family Migration

The implications of the microeconomic model of family migration and the family investment model with respect to immigrants’ family assimilation are inconclusive. Since families migrate together, according to these models, and often rely on the income of only one partner at least initially after migration, it is conceivable that the total income of households where both spouses are immigrants will be lower than those of households where both spouses are natives, or one of them is. However, the process of household economic assimilation depends on the relevance of the family investment model. If the model is supported, shortly after migration we will expect low household income, mainly based on wives’ income, and a gradual increase in household