Selected Publications of Sebastian Vollmer (Full List)

• Stehl J, Vonderschmidt A, Vollmer S, Alexander P, Jaacks L (forthcoming) Gap between national food production and food-based dietary guidance highlights lack of national self-sufficiency. Nature Food, DOI: 10.1038/s43016-025-01173-4


• Stehl J, Depenbusch L, Vollmer S (2025) Global poverty and the cost of a healthy diet. Food Policy, 132: 102849


• Rhode S, Rogge L, Marthoenis M, Seuring T, Zufry H, Bärnighausen T, Sofyan H, Manne-Goehler J, Vollmer S (2025) Real-world smartphone-based point-of- care diagnostics in primary health care to monitor HbA1c levels in people with diabetes. Communications Medicine, 5: 37


• Vollmer S, Laillou A, Albers N, Nanama S (2025) Measuring child food poverty: understanding the gap to achieving minimum dietary diversity. Public Health Nutrition, 28: e27


• Mittal N, Parigi M, Vollmer S (2025) Social cohesion among Syrian and Turkish children, adolescents, and young adults in Turkey. International Migration, 63: e13346


• Marcus M, Reuter A, Rogge L, Vollmer S (2024) The Effect of SMS Reminders on Health Screening Uptake: A Randomized Experiment in Indonesia. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 227: 106715


• Weber A-C, Bogler L, Vollmer S (2024) Formal vs. informal mathematics: Assessing numeracy with school and market items in a large sample of school-aged children in North-West Nigeria. Economics of Education Review, 102: 102564


• Naeher D, Vollmer S (2024) General vs. Tailored Information for Technology Adoption: Evidence from a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in India. Journal of Development Economics, Registered Report Stage 1: Proposal


• Geldsetzer P, Tisdale R, Stehr L, Michalik F, Lemp J, Aryal K, Damasceno A, Houehanou C, Jorgensen J, Lunet N, Mayige M, Moghaddam S, Mwangi K, Bommer C, Marcus M, Theilmann M, Ebert C, Atun R, Davies J, Flood D, Manne-Goehler J, Seiglie J, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S (2024) The prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors among adults living in extreme poverty. Nature Human Behaviour, 8: 903–916


• Ebert C, Heesemann E, Vollmer S (2024) Two Scalable Interventions to Promote Health and Mental Development in Early Childhood: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural India. Journal of Human Capital, 18(1): 140–193


• Lemp J, Bommer C, Xie M, Michaelik F, Jani A, Davies J, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S, Geldsetzer P (2023) Quasi-experimental evaluation of a nationwide diabetes prevention programme. Nature, 624: 138–144


• Grafenstein L, Kumar A, Kumar S, Vollmer S (2023) Medium-run impacts of iron-fortified school lunch on anemia, cognition, and learning outcomes in India. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 85(6): 1262–1294


• 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


• 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)


• 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)


• 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


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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• Harttgen K, Vollmer S (2014) A Reversal in the Relationship of Human Development with Fertility? Demography, 51(1): 173-184


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


• 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

• Weber A-C, Bogler L, Vollmer S (2024) Formal vs. informal mathematics: Assessing numeracy with school and market items in a large sample of school-aged children in North-West Nigeria. Economics of Education Review, 102: 102564


• Bogler L, Bommer C, Ebert C, Kumar A, Subramanian SV, Subramanyam M, Vollmer S (2024) 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, 16(2): 246–263


• 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

• 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

• Full List

• Rhode S, Rogge L, Marthoenis M, Seuring T, Zufry H, Bärnighausen T, Sofyan H, Manne-Goehler J, Vollmer S (2025) Real-world smartphone-based point-of- care diagnostics in primary health care to monitor HbA1c levels in people with diabetes. Communications Medicine, 5: 37


• 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

• Stehl J, Depenbusch L, Vollmer S (2025) Global poverty and the cost of a healthy diet. Food Policy, 132: 102849

• Weber A-C, Bogler L, Vollmer S (2024) Formal vs. informal mathematics: Assessing numeracy with school and market items in a large sample of school-aged children in North-West Nigeria. Economics of Education Review, 102: 102564


• 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