Mukun Niu

About me

Hi, my name is Mukun. My research broadly lies in development economics, labor economics, and economic history. I am particularly interested in how geographic and environmental endowments interact with institutional and market mechanisms to shape household behavior and social structures.

I am on the job market for the 2025–2026 academic year.

Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Expected May 2026

M.Sc. in Economics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021

B.Sc. in Public Economics
Chongqing University, 2019

Contact
214 David Kinley Hall
Urbana, IL 61801, USA
mukunn2@illinois.edu