A Study of the Impact of China’s Hukou Policy on Students- Based on the Perspective of Their Parents

Abstract

This paper investigates the development of the hukou policy in China. Moreover, the cascading effects on children become one of the crucial factors of identity. In it, children will be divided into mobile and local groups, and the disparities between the groups will be discussed and analyzed. The article is conducted through both quantitative and qualitative analysis. It analyses the impact of specific policies and regulations on children's education, mental health, and social discrimination. The analysis is also combined with a section of data, explicitly presenting the differences in data on mental health. Through comparative and critical thinking, it was found that the hukou policy's major negative impact on students is social discrimination. The role of the hukou policy is to exacerbate the differences between the different hukou groups and to create a hierarchy of differences, thus increasing inequality. It leads to the conclusion that although there is some validity to the hukou policy, the impact of the social inequalities it creates is profound.