The research group led by Prof. Dr. Sebastian Vollmer has published more than 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Review of Economics and Statistics, The Lancet, The BMJ and Nature.

Selected Publications of Prof. Dr. Sebastian Vollmer

• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• 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


• Ahmad A, Naeher D, Vollmer S (2026) The Political Economy of Patent Buyouts. RAND Journal of Economics, 57(2): 315-333


• Ebert C, Klasen S, Vollmer S (2025) Counting missing women: a reconciliation of flow and stock measures. Journal of Population Economics, 38(4): 82


• 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