Selected Publications of Sebastian Vollmer (Full List)

• Ebert C, Klasen S, Vollmer S (accepted) Counting missing women: a reconciliation of flow and stock measures. Journal of Population Economics (Working Paper)


• Naeher D, Vollmer S (accepted) 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)


• Ahmad A, Naeher D, Vollmer S (forthcoming) The Political Economy of Patent Buyouts. RAND Journal of Economics, DOI: 10.1111/1756-2171.70017


• Sulola MA, Sibai AM, Damasceno A, Issanov A, Sarria-Santamera A, Orazumbekova B, Norov B, Bicaba B, Houehanou C, Guwatudde D, Kagaruki GB, Gathecha G, Jorgensen JA, Mwangi KJ, Agoudavi K, Sturua L, Mayige MT, Gurung M, Hwalla N, Lunet N, Mwalim O, McClure RW, Quesnel-Crooks S, Bahendeka S, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Davies J, Flood D, Geldsetzer P, Jaacks L, Manne-Goehler J, Theilmann M, Vollmer S*, Marcus M* (2025) Use of traditional medicine for hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolaemia measured in 71 surveys. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 103: 662–674 (* joint last authors)


• Stehl J, Vonderschmidt A, Vollmer S, Alexander P, Jaacks L (2025) Gap between national food production and food-based dietary guidance highlights lack of national self-sufficiency. Nature Food, 6: 571–576


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


• 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


• 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


• 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
  


• 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


• Yoo S, Chung G, Bahendeka S, Sibai A, Damasceno A, Farzadfar F, Rohloff P, Houehanou C, Norov B, Karki K, Azangou-Khyavy M, Marcus M, Aryal K, Brant L, Theilmann M, Cífková R, Lunet N, Gurung M, Mwangi J, Mar-tins J, Haghshenas R, Sturua L, Vollmer S, Bärnighausen T, Atun R, Sussman J, Singh K, Moghaddam S, Guwatudde D, Geldsetzer P, Manne-Goehler J, Huffman M, Davies J, Flood D (2023) Aspirin for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in 51 Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries. JAMA, 330(8): 715-724


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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)


• 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)


• 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


• Teufel F, Seiglie JA, Geldsetzer P, Theilmann M, Marcus M, Ebert C, Agoudavi K, Andall-Brereton G, Aryal KK, Bicaba BW, Brian G, Bovet P, Dorobantu M, Gathecha G, Gurung MS, Guwatudde D, Msaidié M, Houehanou C, Houinato D, Jorgensen J, Kagaruki GB, Karki KB, Labadarios D, Martins JS, Mayige MT, McClure RW, Mwangi JK, Mwalim O, Norov B, Quesnel-Crooks S, Silver BK, Sturua L, Tsabedze L, Wesseh CS, Stokes A, Essien UR, De Neve J-W, Atun R, Davies JI, Vollmer S, Bärnighausen T, Ali MK, Meigs JB, Wexler DJ, Manne-Goehler J (2021) Body mass index and diabetes risk in 57 low- and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally-representative individual-level data. The Lancet, 398: 238-248


• Peiris D, Ghosh A, Manne-Goehler J, Jaacks LM, Theilmann M, Marcus M, Zhumadilov Z, Wesseh CS, Tsabedze L, Supiyev A, Sturua L, Silver BK, Sibai AM, Quesnel-Crooks S, Pelam DA, Norov B, Mwangi JK, Mwalim O, Wong-McClure R, Mayige MT, Martins JS, Lunet N, Labadarios D, Karki KB, Kagaruki GB, Jorgensen JM, Hwalla NC, Houinato D, Houehanou C, Msaidié M, Guwatudde D, Gurung MS, Gathecha G, Damasceno A, Bicaba BW, Aryal KK, Andall-Brereton G, Agoudavi K, McKenzie B, Webster J, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S, Davies JI, Geldsetzer P (2021) Cardiovascular disease risk profile and management practices in 45 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross sectional study of nationally representative individual-level survey data from 600,484 adults. PLOS Medicine, 18(3): e1003485


• 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


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


• 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


• Didzun O, De Neve J-W, Awasthi A, Dubey M, Theilmann M, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S, Geldsetzer P (2019) Anemia among men in India: a nationally representative cross-sectional study of all states and Union Territories. The Lancet Global Health, 7(12): e1685-e1694


• 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


• 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


• 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)


• 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


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


• 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


• Harttgen K, Klasen S, Vollmer S (2013) An African Growth Miracle? Or: What do Asset Indices Tell us about Trends in Economic Performance? Review of Income and Wealth, 59(S1): S37-S61


• 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, Ketterer F, Klasen S, Canning D (2013) The Emergence of Three Human Development Clubs. PLOS ONE, 8(3): e57624


• 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


• Herzer D, Vollmer S (2012) Inequality and Growth: Evidence from Panel Cointegration. Journal of Economic Inequality, 10(4): 489-503


• Holzmann H, Vollmer S (2008) A Likelihood Ratio Test for Bimodality in Two-Component Mixtures with Application to Regional Income Distribution in the EU. AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis, 92(1): 57-69 [R Package]

• Bogler L, Kumar A, Subramanian SV, Vollmer S (forthcoming) Effects of a large-scale participatory learning and action programme in women’s groups on knowledge and behaviour related to pregnancy and childcare: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Bihar, India. SSM - Population Health, DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2025.101880


• Bogler L, Kumar A, Subramanian SV, Vollmer S (2025). Effects of a participatory learning and action programme in women’s groups on adolescent girls: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Bihar, India. SSM - Population Health, 31: 101840.


• Sommer M-L, Bogler L, Subramanian SV, Vollmer S (2025). The impact of a participatory learning and action intervention on unmet need for contraception: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bihar, India. Reproductive Health, 22: 121.


• 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.


• Subramanyam M, Ebert C, Bommer C, Bogler L, Kumar A, Varghese S, Atre S, Vollmer S (2017). Impact of the Gram Varta programme on health, nutrition and women’s empowerment in India. International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), New Delhi.

• 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

• Ahmad A, Naeher D, Vollmer S (2025, forthcoming). The Political Economy of Patent Buyouts. RAND Journal of Economics.


• Bogetić Ž, Naeher D (2025). Fiscal Pro-Cyclicality Revisited: Global, Regional, and Country-Level Evidence with a Spotlight on MENA. Economic Analysis and Policy, 87: 569–584.


• Naeher D, De Lombaerde P, Saber T (2025). Evaluating Accession Decisions in Customs Unions: A Dynamic Machine Learning Approach. International Economics and Economic Policy, 22(1).


• Ziulu V, Naeher D (2025, forthcoming). Does Adoption of Zero Tillage Reduce Crop Residue Burning? Evidence from Satellite Remote Sensing and Household Survey Data in India. Applied Economics.


• Naeher D, Vollmer S (2024, accepted). General vs. Tailored Information for Technology Adoption: Evidence from a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in India. Journal of Development Economics (pre-results track).


• Naeher D, Narayanan R, Ziulu V (2024). Cash for Coolers or Sustainable Lighting? Assessing Different Components of a Large-Scale Energy Efficiency Program in Mexico. Journal of Development Studies, 60(4): 479–493.


• Bogetić Ž, Naeher D (2024). The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: New Evidence on Alternative Views of Corruption. Applied Economics, 56(33): 4019–4032.


• Naeher D, Narayanan R, Ziulu V (2024). The Relevance of Development Policies to Confront Crisis Situations: World Bank’s Early Response to Covid-19. Journal of Policy Modeling, 46(5): 847–866.


• Bogetić Ž, Naeher D (2024). Corruption and Government Revenue: Evidence of a Non-linear Relationship Driven by Crises. Journal of Applied Economics, 27(1): 1–17.


• Saber T, Naeher D, Bendechache M (2024). Intelligent Computational Methods for Economics: Editorial. Expert Systems, 41(2): e13523.


• Naeher D (2023). The Social Planning Problem with Costly Information Processing: Towards Understanding Production Decisions in Centralized Economies. Economica, 90(357): 285–314.


• De Lombaerde P, Naeher D, Saber T (2023). Regional Economic Integration and Machine Learning: Policy Insights from the Review of Literature. Journal of Policy Modeling, 45(5): 1077–1097.


• De Lombaerde P, Naeher D, Saber T (2023). On the Optimal Size and Composition of Customs Unions: An Evolutionary Approach. Computational Economics, 62: 1457–1479.


• Naeher D, Narayanan R, Ziulu V (2023). Impacts of Energy Efficiency Projects in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Spatial Difference-in-Differences Analysis in Malawi. Energy for Sustainable Development, 73: 365–375.


• Bogetić Z, Naeher D, Narayanan R (2023). Measuring Untapped Revenue Potential in Developing Countries: Cross-Country Frontier and Panel Data Analysis. Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, 38(1): 89–127.


• Naeher D, Narayanan R (2023). Attracting Private Capital for Development: Are Poorer Countries Less Efficient?. International Economics and Economic Policy, 20: 1–26.


• Naeher D, Albanna B, Kumar A, Vollmer S (2023). Household and Plot-level Survey Data on Adoption, Outcomes, and Perceptions of Early Sown Wheat and Zero Tillage in Northwest India. Scientific Data, 10(516): 1–5.


• Naeher D (2022). Technology Adoption under Costly Information Processing. International Economic Review, 63(2): 699–753.


• Naeher D, Schündeln M (2022). The Demand for Advice: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. World Bank Economic Review, 36(1): 91–113.


• He Y, Naeher D (2022). Do Democracies Perform Worse During Pandemics? Evidence from 2020. Economics Bulletin, 42(3): 1681–1687.


• 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.

• 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

• Teufel F, Roddewig P, Marcus M, Theilmann M, Andall-Brereton G, Aryal K, Azadnajafabad S, Bovet P, Dorobantu M, Farzadfar F, Houehanou C, Sibai A, Stokes A, Labadarios D, Gurung M, Jorgensen J, Karki K, Lunet N, Saeedi Moghaddam S, Mwangi KJ, Sturua L, Flood D, Bärnighausen T, Geldsetzer P, Damasceno A, Davies J, Vollmer S, Ali MK, Manne-Goehler J, Bulstra C (2025) National Evidence on Glucose-Lowering Medication Use for Diabetes from 62 Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Nature Communications, 16: 7139

• Stehl J, Vonderschmidt A, Vollmer S, Alexander P, Jaacks L (2025) Gap between national food production and food-based dietary guidance highlights lack of national self-sufficiency. Nature Food, 6: 571–576


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

• Sulola MA, Sibai AM, Damasceno A, Issanov A, Sarria-Santamera A, Orazumbekova B, Norov B, Bicaba B, Houehanou C, Guwatudde D, Kagaruki GB, Gathecha G, Jorgensen JA, Mwangi KJ, Agoudavi K, Sturua L, Mayige MT, Gurung M, Hwalla N, Lunet N, Mwalim O, McClure RW, Quesnel-Crooks S, Bahendeka S, Atun R, Bärnighausen T, Davies J, Flood D, Geldsetzer P, Jaacks L, Manne-Goehler J, Theilmann M, Vollmer S*, Marcus M* (2025) Use of traditional medicine for hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolaemia measured in 71 surveys. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 103: 662–674 (* joint last authors)

• 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