Selected Publications of Sebastian Vollmer (Full List)

• Ebert C, Heesemann E, Vollmer S (forthcoming) Two Scalable Interventions to Promote Health and Mental Development in Early Childhood: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural India. Journal of Human Capital [Working Paper]


• Grafenstein L, Kumar A, Kumar S, Vollmer S (forthcoming) Medium-run impacts of iron-fortified school lunch on anemia, cognition, and learning outcomes in India. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, DOI: 10.1111/obes.12559


• Bogler L, Bommer C, Ebert C, Kumar A, Subramanian SV, Subramanyam M, Vollmer S (forthcoming) Effects of a large-scale Participatory Learning and Action Programme in Women’s Groups on Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene: a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Bihar, India. Journal of Development Effectiveness, DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2023.2217164


• Kuhnt J, Hashmi A, Vollmer S (2023) The effect of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist on essential delivery practices and birth outcomes: Evidence from a pair-wise matched randomized controlled trial in Pakistan. SSM - Population Health, 24: 101495


• Noubactep C, Kenmogne-Tchidjo J, Vollmer S (2023) Iron-fortified water: a new approach for reducing iron deficiency anemia in resource-constrained settings. Scientific Reports, 13: 13565


• Ochmann S, von Polenz I, Marcus ME, Theilmann M, Flood D, Agoudavi K, Aryal KK, Bahendeka S, Bicaba B, Bovet P, Caldeira Brant LC, Carvalho Malta D, Damasceno A, Farzadfar F, Gathecha G, Ghanbari A, Gurung M, Guwatudde D, Houehanou C, Houinato D, Hwalla N, Jorgensen JA, Karki KB, Lunet N, Martins J, Mayige M, Moghaddam S, Mwalim O, Mwangi KJ, Norov B, Quesnel-Crooks S, Rezaei N, Sibai AM, Sturua L, Tsabedze L, Wong-McClure R, Davies J, Geldsetzer P, Bärnighausen T, Atun R, Manne-Goehler J, Vollmer S (2023) Diagnostic testing for hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia in low- and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of 994,185 individuals from 57 nationally representative surveys. The Lancet Global Health, 11(9): e1363-e1371


• Haggenmüller V, Bogler L, Weber A-C, Kumar A, Bärnighausen T, Danquah I, Vollmer S (2023) Smartphone-based point-of-care anemia screening in rural Bihar in India. Communications Medicine, 3: 38


• Theilmann M, Lemp J, Winkler V, Manne-Goehler J, Marcus M, Probst P, Lopez-Arboleda W, Ebert C, Bommer C, Mathur M, Andall-Brereton G, Bahendeka S, Bovet P, Farzadfar F, Ghasemi E, Mayige M, Moghaddam S, Mwangi K, Naderimagham S, Sturua L, Atun R, Davies J, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S*, Geldsetzer P* (2022) Patterns of tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries by tobacco product and sociodemographic characteristics: a study of nationally representative survey data from 82 countries. The BMJ, 378: e067582 (* joint last authors)


• Xu Y, Geldsetzer P, Manne-Goehler J, Theilmann M, Marcus M, Zhumadilov Z, Quesnel-Crooks S, Mwalim O, Saeedi Moghaddam S, Koolaji S, Karki K, Farzadfar F, Ebrahimi N, Damasceno A, Aryal K, Agoudavi K, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Davies J, Jaacks L, Vollmer S*, Probst C* (2022) The Socio-economic Gradient of Alcohol Use: An Analysis of Nationally Representative Survey Data from 55 Low- and Middle-income Countries. The Lancet Global Health, 10(9): e1268-e1280 (* joint last authors)


• Ochmann S, Owolabi KE, Olatunji-David F, Okunlola N, Vollmer S (2022) The impact of grants in combination with school-based management trainings on primary education: A cluster-randomized trial in Northern Nigeria. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 14(3): 189-208


• Reuter A, Rogge L, Monahan M, Kachapila M, Morton DG, Davies J, Vollmer S on behalf of NIHR Global Surgery Collaboration (2022) The global economic burden of unmet surgical need for appendicitis. British Journal of Surgery, 109(10): 995–1003


• Marcus M, Manne-Goehler J, Theilmann M, Farzadfar F, Moghaddam S, Keykhaei M, Hajebi A, Tschida S, Lemp J, Aryal K, Dunn M, Houehanou C, Silver B, Rohloff P, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Geldsetzer P, Ramirez-Zea M, Chopra V, Heisler M, Davies J, Huffman M, Vollmer S*, Flood D* (2022) Use of Statins for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in 41 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study of Nationally Representative, Individual-Level Data. The Lancet Global Health, 10(3): e369-e379 (* joint last authors)


• Klumpp M, Monfared IG, Vollmer S (2022) Public opinion on global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines: evidence from two nationally representative surveys in Germany and the United States. Vaccine, 40(16): 2457-2461


• Ebert C, Vollmer S (2022) Girls unwanted: The role of parents’ child-specific sex preference for children’s early mental development. Journal of Health Economics, 82: 102590


• Heemann M, Kim R, Sharma S, Vollmer S, Subramanian SV (2022) Food group consumption patterns among children meeting and not meeting WHO’s recommended dietary diversity: Evidence from 193,837 Children in 58 countries. Food Policy, 112: 102368


• Steinert J, Vasumati Satish R, Stips F, Vollmer S (2022) Commitment or Concealment? Impacts and Use of a Portable Saving Device: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Urban India. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 193: 367–398


• Heldring L, Robinson J, Vollmer S (2021) The Long-Run Impact of the Dissolution of the English Monasteries. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 136(4): 2093–2145


• Kaplan L, Ichsan, Diba F, Marthoenis, Muhsin, Samadi, Richert K, Susanti S, Sofyan H, Vollmer S (2021) Impact of the World Health Organization Safe Childbirth Checklist on Quality of Care and Birth Outcomes in Aceh, Indonesia: A Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open, 4(12): e2137168


• Krämer M, Kumar S, Vollmer S (2021) Anemia, diet, and cognitive development: Impact of health information on diet quality and child nutrition in rural India. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 190: 495-523


• Krämer M, Kumar S, Vollmer S (2021) Improving Child Health and Cognition: Evidence from a School-Based Nutrition Intervention in India. Review of Economics and Statistics, 103(5): 818–834


• Marcus ME, Ebert C, Geldsetzer P, Theilmann M, Bicaba BW, Andall-Brereton G, Bovet P, Farzadfar F, Gurung MS, Houehanou C, Malekpour M-R, Martins JS, Moghaddam SS, Mohammadi E, Norov B, Quesnel-Crooks S, Wong-McClure R, Davies JI, Hlatky MA, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Jaacks LM, Manne-Goehler J, Vollmer S (2021) Unmet Need for Hypercholesterolemia Care in 35 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Cross-sectional Study of Nationally-representative Surveys. PLOS Medicine, 18(10): e1003841


• Basu S, Flood D, Geldsetzer P, Theilmann M, Marcus M, Ebert C, Mayige M, Wong-McClure R, Farzadfar F, Moghaddam SS, Agoudavi K, Norov B, Houehanou C, Andall-Brereton G, Gurung M, Brian G, Bovet P, Martins J, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S, Manne-Goehler J, Davies J (2021) Estimated effect of increased diagnosis, treatment, and control of diabetes and its associated cardiovascular risk factors among low-income and middle-income countries: a microsimulation model. The Lancet Global Health, 9(11): e1539-e1552


• Heemann M, Kim R, Vollmer S, Subramanian SV (2021) Assessment of Undernutrition Among Children in 55 Low- and Middle-Income Countries Using Dietary and Anthropometric Measures. JAMA Network Open, 4(8): e2120627


• Bommer C, Horn S, Vollmer S (2020) The effect of routine probiotics supplementation on preterm newborn health: a regression discontinuity analysis. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 112(5): 1219–1227


• Bommer C, Mittal N, Vollmer S (2020) The Impact of Nutritional Interventions on Child Health and Cognitive Development. Annual Review of Resource Economics, 12: 345–366


• Lemp J, De Neve JW, Bussmann H, Chen S,Manne-Goehler J, Theilmann M, Marcus M, Ebert C, Probst C, Tsabedze L, Sturua L, Kibachio JM, Moghaddam S, Martins JS, Houinato D, Houehanou C, Gurung MS, Gathecha G, Farzadfar F, Dryden-Peterson S, Davies JI, Atun R, Vollmer S, Bärnighausen T, Geldsetzer P (2020) Lifetime Prevalence of Cervical Cancer Screening in 55 Low- and Middle-Income Countries. JAMA, 324(15): 1532–1542


• Li Z, Kim R, Vollmer S, Subramanian SV (2020) Factors Associated with Child Stunting, Wasting, and Underweight in 35 Low- and Middle-Income Countries. JAMA Network Open, 3(4): e203386


• Ogbuoji O, Vollmer S, Jamison D, Bärnighausen T (2020) Economic consequences of better health: insights from clinical data. The BMJ, 370: m2186


• Geldsetzer P, Manne-Goehler J, Marcus M, Ebert C, Zhumadilov Z, Wesseh CS, Tsabedze L, Supiyev A, Sturua L, Silver BK, Sibai AM, Quesnel-Crooks S, Norov B, Mwangi JK, Mwalim O, McClure RW, Mayige MT, Martins JS, Lunet N, Labadarios D, Karki KB, Kagaruki GB, Jorgensen JMA, Hwalla NC, Houinato D, Houehanou C, Msaidié M, Guwatudde D, Gurung MS, Gathecha G, Dorobantu M, Damasceno A, Bovet P, Bicaba BW, Aryal KA, Andall-Brereton G, Agoudavi K, Stokes A, Davies JI, Bärnighausen T*, Atun R*, Vollmer S*, Jaacks LM* (2019) The state of hypertension care in 44 low- and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of individual-level nationally representative data from 1.1 million adults. The Lancet, 394: 652-662 (* joint last authors)


• Manne-Goehler J, Geldsetzer P, Agoudavi K, Andall-Brereton G, Aryal KK, Bicaba BW, Bovet P, Brian G, Dorobantu M, Gathecha G, Gurung MS, Guwatudde D, Msaidie M, Houehanou C, Houinato D, Jorgensen JMA, Kagaruki GB, Karki KB, Labadarios D, Martins JS, Mayige MT, McClure RW, Mwalim O, Mwangi JK, Norov B, Quesnel-Crooks S, Silver BK, Sturua L, Tsabedze L, Wesseh CS, Stokes A, Marcus M, Ebert C, Davies JI*, Vollmer S*, Atun R*, Bärnighausen T*, Jaacks L* (2019) Health system performance for people with diabetes in 28 low- and middle-income countries: A cross-sectional study of nationally representative surveys. PLOS Medicine, 16(3): e1002751 (* joint last authors)


• Minasyan A, Zenker J, Klasen S, Vollmer S (2019) Educational Gender Gaps and Economic Growth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis. World Development 122: 199-217


• Geldsetzer P, Manne-Goehler J, Theilmann M, Davies JI, Awasthi A, Danaei G, Gaziano TA, Vollmer S*, Jaacks LM*, Bärnighausen T*, Atun R* (2018) Geographic and sociodemographic variation of cardiovascular disease risk in India: A cross-sectional study of 797,540 adults. PLOS Medicine, 15(6): e1002581 (* joint last authors)


• Geldsetzer P, Manne-Goehler J, Theilmann M, Davies JI, Awasthi A, Vollmer S*, Jaacks LM*, Bärnighausen T*, Atun R* (2018) Diabetes and hypertension in India: A nationally representative study of 1.3 million adults. JAMA Internal Medicine, 178(3): 363-372 (* joint last authors)


• Zenker J, Wagener A, Vollmer S (2018) Better Knowledge Need Not Affect Behavior: A Randomized Evaluation of the Demand for Lottery Tickets in Rural Thailand. World Bank Economic Review, 32(3): 570–583


• Steinert JI, Cluver LD, Meinck F, Doubt J, Vollmer S (2018) Household Economic Strengthening through Financial and Psychosocial Programming: Evidence from a Field Experiment in South Africa. Journal of Development Economics, 134: 443-466


• Bommer C, Sagalova V, Heesemann E, Manne-Goehler J, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Davies JI, Vollmer S (2018) Global economic burden of diabetes in adults: projections from 2015-2030. Diabetes Care, 41(5): 963-970


• Bommer C, Heesemann E, Sagalova V, Manne-Goehler J, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S (2017) The Global Economic Burden of Diabetes in Adults aged 20 to 79: A Cost-of-Illness Study. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 5(6): 423-430


• Fink G, Victora C, Harttgen K, Vollmer S, Vidaletti LP, Barros AJD (2017) Measuring Socioeconomic Inequalities with Predicted Absolute Incomes rather than Wealth Quintiles: A Comparative Assessment using Child Stunting Data from National Surveys. American Journal of Public Health, 107(4): 550-555


• Vollmer S, Bommer C, Krishna A, Harttgen K, Subramanian SV (2017) The Association of Parental Education with Childhood Undernutrition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Comparing the Role of Paternal and Maternal Education. International Journal of Epidemiology, 46(1): 312-323


• Kumar S, Molitor R, Vollmer S (2016) Drought and Early Child Health in Rural India. Population and Development Review, 42(1): 53-68


• Strulik H, Vollmer S (2015) The Fertility Transition around the World. Journal of Population Economics, 28(1): 31-44


• Vollmer S, Harttgen K, Subramanyam MA, Finlay J, Klasen S, Subramanian SV (2014) Association between economic growth and early childhood undernutrition: evidence from 121 Demographic and Health Surveys from 36 low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet Global Health, 2(4): e225-e234


• Fink G, McConnell M, Vollmer S (2014) Testing for Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in Experimental Data: False Discovery Risks and Correction Procedures. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 6(1): 44-57


• Strulik H, Vollmer S (2013) Long-Run Trends of Human Aging and Longevity. Journal of Population Economics, 26(4): 1303-1323


• Vollmer S, Holzmann H, Schwaiger F (2013) Peaks vs Components. Review of Development Economics, 17(2): 352-364


• Herzer D, Strulik H, Vollmer S (2012) The Long-Run Determinants of Fertility: One Century of Demographic Change 1900-1999. Journal of Economic Growth, 17(4): 357-385

• Ahmad, Amal (2022) Imperfect information and learning: Evidence from cotton cultivation in Pakistan. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2022.07.004


• Ahmad, Amal (2022) Land for Peace? Game Theory and the Strategic Impediments to a Resolution in Israel-Palestine. Defence and Peace Economics, DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2022.2031445


• Ahmad, Amal (2021) Organizational deficiencies in developing countries and the role of global surgery. In Ahmad, Alaaeldin and Agarwal, Aakash (eds.) Early Onset Scoliosis: Guidelines for Management in Resource-Limited Settings., Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis

• Bogler L, Bommer C, Ebert C, Kumar A, Subramanian SV, Subramanyam M, Vollmer S (forthcoming) Effects of a large-scale Participatory Learning and Action Programme in Women’s Groups on Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene: a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Bihar, India. Journal of Development Effectiveness, DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2023.2217164


• Haggenmüller V, Bogler L, Weber A-C, Kumar A, Bärnighausen T, Danquah I, Vollmer S (2023) Smartphone-based point-of-care anemia screening in rural Bihar in India. Communications Medicine, 3: 38


• Bogler L, Weber A-C, Ntambi J, Kapeu AS, Zagre NM, Ekpini RE, Vollmer S (2021) Health-care seeking for childhood diseases by parental age in Western and Central Africa between 1995 and 2017: A descriptive analysis using DHS and MICS from 23 low- and middle- income countries. Journal of Global Health, 11: 13010


• Weber A-C, Kapeu AS, Bogler L, Vollmer S, Ekpini RE, Zagre NM (2021) The wealth gradient in diarrhoea, acute respiratory infections, and malaria in childhood over time: A descriptive analysis using DHS and MICS from Western and Central Africa between 1995 and 2017. Journal of Global Health, 11: 13009


• Simen-Kapeu A, Bogler L, Weber A-C, Ntambi J, Zagre NM, Vollmer S, Ekpini RE (2021) Prevalence of diarrhoea, acute respiratory infections, and malaria over time (1995-2017): A regional analysis of 23 countries in West and Central Africa. Journal of Global Health, 11: 13008


• Herber C, Bogler L, Subramanian SV, Vollmer S (2020) Association between milk consumption and child growth for children aged 6-59 months. Scientific Reports, 10: 6730


• Coetzee L, Bogler L, De Neve J-W, Geldsetzer P, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S (2019) HIV, antiretroviral therapy and non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: empirical evidence from 48 countries over the period 1990-2016. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 22: e25364


• Bogler L, Jantos N, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S (2019) Estimating the effect of measles vaccination on child growth using 191 DHS from 65 low- and middle-income countries. Vaccine, 37(35): 5073-5088

• Bogler L, Bommer C, Ebert C, Kumar A, Subramanian SV, Subramanyam M, Vollmer S (forthcoming) Effects of a large-scale Participatory Learning and Action Programme in Women’s Groups on Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene: a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Bihar, India. Journal of Development Effectiveness, DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2023.2217164


• Bommer C, Dreher A, Perez M (2022) Home Bias in Humanitarian Aid: The Role of Regional Favoritism in the Allocation of International Disaster Relief. Journal of Public Economics, 208: 104604


• Sun H, Saeedi P, Karuranga S, Pinkepank M, Ogurtsova K, Duncan BB, Stein C, Basit A, Chan JCN, Mbanya JC, Pavkov ME, Ramachandaran A, Wild SH, James S, Herman WH, Zhang P, Bommer C, Kuo S, Boyko EJ, Magliano DJ (2022) IDF Diabetes Atlas: Global, regional and country-level diabetes prevalence estimates for 2021 and projections for 2045. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 183: 109119


• Bommer C, Vollmer S, Zagre NM (2021) Correlates of HIV seropositivity in young West and Central African women: A pooled analysis of 17 Demographic and Health Surveys. Journal of Global Health, 11: 13005


• Bommer C, Horn S, Vollmer S (2020) The effect of routine probiotics supplementation on preterm newborn health: a regression discontinuity analysis. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 112(5): 1219–1227


• Bommer C, Mittal N, Vollmer S (2020) The Impact of Nutritional Interventions on Child Health and Cognitive Development. Annual Review of Resource Economics, 12: 345-366


• Williams R, Karuranga S, Malanda B, Saeedi P, Basit A, Besançon S, Bommer C, Esteghamati A, Ogurtsova K, Zhang P, Collagiuri S (2020) Global and regional estimates and projections of diabetes-related health expenditure: results from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 162: 108072


• Bommer C, Vollmer S, Subramanian SV (2019) How socioeconomic status moderates the stunting-age relationship in low-income and middle-income countries. BMJ Global Health 4(1): e001175


• Bommer C, Sagalova V, Heesemann E, Manne-Goehler J, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Davies J, Vollmer S (2018) Global economic burden of diabetes in adults: projections from 2015-2030. Diabetes Care, 41(5): 963-970


• Atun R, Davies JI, Gale EA, Bärnighausen T, Beran D, Kengne AP, Levitt NS, Mangugu FW, Nyirenda MJ, Ogle GD, Ramaiya K, Sewankambo NK, Sobngwi E, Tesfaye S, Yudkin JS, Basu S, Bommer C, Heesemann E, Manne-Goehler J, Postolovska I, Sagalova V, Vollmer S, Abbas ZG, Ammon B, Angamo MT, Annamreddi A, Awasthi A, Besançon S, Bhadriraju S, Binagwaho A, Burgess PI, Burton MJ, Chai J, Chilunga FP, Chipendo P, Conn A, Dipesalema JR, Eagan AW, Gishoma C, Ho J, Jong S, Kakarmath SS, Khan Y, Kharel R, Kyle MA, Lee SL, Lichtman A, Malm CP, Mbaye MN, Muhimpundu MA, Mwagomba BM, Mwangi KJ, Nair M, Niyonsenga SP, Njuguna B, Okafor OL, Okunade O, Park PH, Pastakia SD, Pekny C, Reja A, Rotimi CN, Rwunganira S, Sando D, Sarriera G, Sharma A, Sidibé A, Siraj ES, Syed AS, van Acker K, Werfalli M (2017) Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa - from clinical care to health policy: Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology Commission Report. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 5(8): 622-67


• Bommer C, Heesemann E, Sagalova V, Manne-Goehler J, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S (2017) The Global Economic Burden of Diabetes in Adults aged 20 to 79: A Cost-of-Illness Study. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 5(6): 423-30.


• Bärnighausen T, Oldenburg C, Tugwell P, Bommer C, Ebert C, Barreto M, et al. (2017) Quasi-experimental study designs series - paper 7: assessing the assumptions. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 89: 53-66


• Vollmer S, Bommer C, Krishna A, Harttgen K, Subramanian SV (2017) The Association of Parental Education with Childhood Undernutrition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Comparing the Role of Paternal and Maternal Education. International Journal of Epidemiology, 46(1): 312-23

• Eisenburger, N., Friesen, D., Haas, F., Klaudius, M., Schmidt, L., Vandeven, S., Joisten, C.(2021) Predicting Psychosocial Health of Children and Adolescents with Obesity in Germany: The Underappreciated Role of Physical Fitness. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , 18(21): 11188


• Eisenburger, N., Schmidt, N., Ortmann, S., Friesen, D., Haas, F., Wessely, S., Joisten, C. (2021) Gewichtsmanagementprogramme für Kinder und Jugendliche während der Covid-19-Pandemie in Deutschland – Was wir daraus lernen können. Adipositas - Ursachen, Folgeerkrankungen, Therapie, 15(04): 212-219

• Heemann M, Kim R, Sharma S, Vollmer S, Subramanian SV (2022) Food group consumption patterns among children meeting and not meeting WHO’s recommended dietary diversity: Evidence from 193,837 Children in 58 countries. Food Policy, 112: 102368


• Heemann M, Kim R, Vollmer S, Subramanian SV (2021) Assessment of Undernutrition Among Children in 55 Low- and Middle-Income Countries Using Dietary and Anthropometric Measures. JAMA Network Open, 4(8): e2120627

• Purushotham A, Mittal N, Ashwini BC, Umesh KB, von Cramon-Taubadel S, Vollmer S (2022) A quantile regression analysis of dietary diversity and anthropometric outcomes among children and women in the rural–urban interface of Bangalore, India. Food Policy, 107: 102216


• Mittal N, Vollmer S (2020) The Double Burden of Malnutrition in Bangalore, India. In: Biesalski HK (Ed.), Hidden Hunger and the Transformation of Food Systems. How to Combat the Double Burden of Malnutrition? Karger: Basel, pp 138–148


• Mittal N, Viswanath R, Vollmer S (2020) Covid-19 in Ländern mit niedrigem oder mittlerem Einkommen: Das Beispiel Indien. Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 21(3): 301-310


• Bommer C, Mittal N, Vollmer S (2020) The Impact of Nutritional Interventions on Child Health and Cognitive Development. Annual Review of Resource Economics, 12: 345-366


• Mittal N, Meenakshi JV (2019) Does the ICDS Improve Children’s Diets? Some Evidence from Rural Bihar. The Journal of Development Studies, 55(11): 2424-2439


• Gupta P, Mittal N, Kulkarni A, Meenakshi J V, Bhatia V (2015) Secular trend, obesity and the growth of the middle socio-economic group children in Lucknow, India. National Medical Journal of India, 28(1): 4-7


• Meenakshi J V, Banerji A, Manyong V, Tomlins K, Mittal N, Hamukwala P (2012) Using a discrete choice experiment to elicit the demand for a nutritious food: willingness to pay for orange maize in rural Zambia. Journal of Health Economics, 31(1): 62-71

• Klumpp M, Monfared IG, Vollmer S (accepted) Public opinion towards global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines - Data from Germany and the United States. Scientific Data


• Klumpp M, Monfared IG, Vollmer S (2022) Public opinion on global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines: evidence from two nationally representative surveys in Germany and the United States. Vaccine, 40(16): 2457-2461


• Monfared I, Garcia J, Vollmer S (2021) Predictors of patients’ choice of hospitals under universal health coverage: a case study of the Nicaraguan capital. BMC Health Services Research, 21: 1356


• Monfared I, Harttgen K, Vollmer S (2020) Individual and social predictors of smoking and obesity: a panel study in Germany. SSM Population Health, 10: 100558


• Doria S, Diba F, Susanti S, Vollmer S, Monfared I (2019) Mothers’ experiences of quality of care and potential benefits of implementing the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist: A case study of Aceh Indonesia. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 19: 461


• Diba F, Ichsan, Muhsin, Marthoenis, Sofyan H, Andalas M, Monfared I, Richert K, Kaplan L, Rogge L, Doria S, Samadi, Vollmer S (2019) Healthcare providers’ perception of the referral system in maternal care facilities in Aceh, Indonesia: a cross- sectional study. BMJ Open, 9(12): e031484


• Brückmann P, Hashmi A, Kuch M, Kuhnt J, Monfared I, Vollmer S (2019) Public provision of emergency obstetric care: a case study in two districts of Pakistan. BMJ Open, 9(5): e027187


• Monfared I G, Sharples, S (2011) Occupants’ Perceptions and Expectations of a Green Office Building: a Longitudinal Case Study. Architectural Science Review, 54 (4), 344- 355

• Naeher D (accepted) Technology Adoption under Costly Information Processing. International Economic Review


• Naeher D, Schündeln M (forthcoming). The Demand for Advice: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa . World Bank Economic Review, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhab001


• De Lombaerde P, Naeher D, Saber T (2021) Regional Integration Clusters and Optimum Customs Unions: A Machine-Learning Approach. Journal of Economic Integration, 36(2): 262-281


• Naeher D, Narayanan R (2020) Untapped regional integration potential: A global frontier analysis. Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 29(6): 722-747


• Naeher D (2015) An Empirical Estimation of Asia’s Untapped Regional Integration Potential Using Data Envelopment Analysis. Asian Development Review, 32(2): 178-195

Publications of Sophie Ochmann

• Ochmann S, von Polenz I, Marcus ME, Theilmann M, Flood D, Agoudavi K, Aryal KK, Bahendeka S, Bicaba B, Bovet P, Caldeira Brant LC, Carvalho Malta D, Damasceno A, Farzadfar F, Gathecha G, Ghanbari A, Gurung M, Guwatudde D, Houehanou C, Houinato D, Hwalla N, Jorgensen JA, Karki KB, Lunet N, Martins J, Mayige M, Moghaddam S, Mwalim O, Mwangi KJ, Norov B, Quesnel-Crooks S, Rezaei N, Sibai AM, Sturua L, Tsabedze L, Wong-McClure R, Davies J, Geldsetzer P, Bärnighausen T, Atun R, Manne-Goehler J, Vollmer S (2023) Diagnostic testing for hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia in low- and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of 994,185 individuals from 57 nationally representative surveys. The Lancet Global Health, 11(9): e1363-e1371


• Ochmann S, Owolabi KE, Olatunji-David F, Okunlola N, Vollmer S (forthcoming) The impact of grants in combination with school-based management trainings on primary education: A cluster-randomized trial in Northern Nigeria. Journal of Development Effectiveness, DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2021.2007980

• Lange, S., Pape, U.J., Pütz P. (2021) Small Area Estimation of Poverty under Structural Change. Review of Income and Wealth


• Egger, D., Miguel, E., Warren, S.S., Shenoy, A., Collins, E., Karlan, D., Pape, U.J., et al (2021) Falling Living Standards during the COVID-19 Crisis: Quantitative Evidence from Nine Developing Countries. Science Advances, 7 (6)


• Qader, S., Lefebvre, V., Tatem, A., Pape, U.J., et al (2021) Semi-automatic mapping of pre-census enumeration areas and population sampling frames. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 8 (3)


• Huang, Y., L. Chavez, X. Chang, X. Wang, W. A. Pastor, J. Kang, J. A. Zepeda-Martínez, et al (2014) Distinct Roles of the Methylcytosine Oxidases Tet1 and Tet2 in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(4): 1361–1366


• Pape, U. J., C. Millett, J. T. Lee, J. Car, and A. Majeed (2013) Disentangling Secular Trends and Policy Impacts in Health Studies: Use of Interrupted Time Series Analysis. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 106(4): 124–29


• Benson, M. J., T. Äijö, X. Chang, J. Gagnon, U. J. Pape, V. Anantharaman, L. Aravind, et al (2012) Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein L-like (HnRNPLL) and Elongation Factor, RNA Polymerase II, 2 (ELL2) Are Regulators of MRNA Processing in Plasma Cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(40): 16252–16257


• Vamos, E. P., M. Harris, C. Millett, U. J. Pape, K. Khunti, V. Curcin, M. Molokhia, and A. Majeed (2012) Association of Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure and All Cause Mortality in People with Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes: Retrospective Cohort Study. BMJ, 345: e5567


• Greaves, F., U. J. Pape, D. King, A. Darzi, A. Majeed, R. M. Wachter, and C. Millett (2012) Associations Between Web-Based Patient Ratings and Objective Measures of Hospital Quality. Archives of Internal Medicine, 172(5): 435–436


• Laverty, A. A., P. C. Smith, U. J. Pape, A. Mears, R. M. Wachter, and C. Millett (2012) High-Profile Investigations Into Hospital Safety Problems In England Did Not Prompt Patients To Switch Providers. Health Affairs, 31(3): 593–601


• Pastor, W. A., U. J. Pape, Y. Huang, H. R. Henderson, R. Lister, M. Ko, E. M. McLoughlin, et al (2011) “Genome-Wide Mapping of 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine in Embryonic Stem Cells. Nature, 473: 394–397


• Ko, M., Y. Huang, A. M. Jankowska, U. J. Pape, M. Tahiliani, H. S. Bandukwala, J. An, et al (2010) Impaired Hydroxylation of 5-Methylcytosine in Myeloid Cancers with Mutant TET2. Nature, 468: 839–843


• Schmid, M., T. S. Davison, S. R. Henz, U. J. Pape, M. Demar, M. Vingron, B. Schölkopf, D. Weigel, and J. U. Lohmann (2005) A Gene Expression Map of Arabidopsis Thaliana Development. Nature Genetics, 37(5): 501–506

• Seuring T, Marthoenis, Rhode S, Rogge L, Rau H, Besançon S, Zufry H, Sofyan H, Vollmer S (2019) Using peer education to improve diabetes management & outcomes in a low-income setting: a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 20: 548

• Haggenmüller V, Bogler L, Weber A-C, Kumar A, Bärnighausen T, Danquah I, Vollmer S (2023) Smartphone-based point-of-care anemia screening in rural Bihar in India. Communications Medicine, 3: 38


• Bogler L, Weber A-C, Ntambi J, Kapeu AS, Zagre NM, Ekpini RE, Vollmer S (2021) Health-care seeking for childhood diseases by parental age in Western and Central Africa between 1995 and 2017: A descriptive analysis using DHS and MICS from 23 low- and middle- income countries. Journal of Global Health, 11: 13010


• Weber A-C, Kapeu AS, Bogler L, Vollmer S, Ekpini RE, Zagre NM (2021) The wealth gradient in diarrhoea, acute respiratory infections, and malaria in childhood over time: A descriptive analysis using DHS and MICS from Western and Central Africa between 1995 and 2017. Journal of Global Health, 11: 13009


• Simen-Kapeu A, Bogler L, Weber A-C, Ntambi J, Zagre NM, Vollmer S, Ekpini RE (2021) Prevalence of diarrhoea, acute respiratory infections, and malaria over time (1995-2017): A regional analysis of 23 countries in West and Central Africa. Journal of Global Health, 11: 13008