In 2014, the Chinese government issued the “Guiding Opinions on Further Deepening the Reform of the Household Registration System”. The urban hukou system in megacities, with urban populations above 5 million, remained under strict control. The restrictions on urban hukou in medium-sized...

This study examines whether physical appearance helps children gain popularity in their friendship networks using data from China’s migrant schools. Negative Binomial models, using appearance scores (created by a facial-recognition program incorporating numerous individuals’ appearance...