SEBASTIAN VOLLMER CONTACT INFORMATION EDUCATION ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS CONSULTING FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS

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1 SEBASTIAN VOLLMER CONTACT INFORMATION University of Göttingen Department of Economics Phone: Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3 Fax: Göttingen, Germany Web: EDUCATION Ph.D. (Dr. rer. pol.), Economics, University of Göttingen, June 2009 M.Sc. (Diplom), Mathematics, University of Göttingen, May 2006 B.A., Economics, University of Göttingen, February 2005 Visiting Student, Colorado College, Fall Term 2001 B.Sc. (Vordiplom), Mathematics, University of Göttingen, July 2001 A-Levels (Abitur), Paul-Gerhardt-Schule Dassel, July 1999 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS University of Göttingen, Department of Economics Assistant Professor of Development Economics, April 2012 present Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Global Health and Population Adjunct Assistant Professor of Global Health, July 2012 present Instructor, September 2011 June 2012 Dartmouth College, Department of Economics Visiting Assistant Professor, Winter Term 2011/2012 Harvard University, Center for Population and Development Studies Research Fellow, September 2009 August 2011 University of Hannover, Institute of Macroeconomics Research Fellow, April 2009 March 2012 CONSULTING Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Consultant, March 2015 present UNESCO, Consultant, December 2014 January 2015 UNAIDS, Consultant, January 2014 May 2014 Asian Development Bank, Consultant, December 2012 May 2013 The World Bank, Consultant, April 2011 May 2012 United Nations Development Programme, Consultant, June 2011 December 2011 The World Bank, Consultant, August 2008 September 2008 The World Bank, Team member of the World Development Report 2009 (funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development), November 2007 May 2008 FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS KfW Development Bank Prize for Excellence in Applied Development Research, June 2015 (jointly with K. Harttgen) Committee on Development Economics, German Economic Association, Elected Member, since 2015 Postdoctoral Fellowship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), September 2009 August 2011

2 Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Fellowship, State of Lower Saxony, October 2006 March 2009 Scholarship, German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung), February 2000 March 2005 EXTERNALLY FUNDED PROJECTS Reducing poverty risk in developing countries, Principal Investigator (Speaker: Stephan Klasen), Volkswagen Foundation, July 2015 present Research Training Group (RTG) 1666: Transformation of Global Agri-Food Systems, Associated Researcher (Speaker: Matin Qaim), German Research Foundation (DFG), July 2015 present Research Training Group (RTG) 1723: Globalization and Development, Principal Investigator (Speakers: Stephan Klasen and Andreas Wagener), German Research Foundation (DFG), April 2015 present Safe Childbirth in Pakistan, Principal Investigator, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (giz) GmbH, April 2015 December 2016 Impact Evaluation of Gram Varta Initiative in Bihar, India, Lead Principal Investigator (Co-PIs: Malavika Subramanyam and SV Subramanian), International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), March 2015 June 2016 Evaluating the Impact of Supplying Double Fortified Salt through the Indian Midday Meal, Principal Investigator, Fiat Panis Foundation, August 2014 July 2015 Fact Finding Mission: Safe Childbirth in Indonesia, Principal Investigator, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), May 2015 June 2015 Fact Finding Mission: Control and Prevention of Antimicrobial Resistance in Cameroon, Principal Investigator, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), March 2015 April 2015 Seed Grant: Safe Childbirth in Indonesia, Principal Investigator, Transregional Research Network (CETREN), October 2014 March 2015 Structure, Trends and Determinants of Welfare Distributions, Principal Investigator (with Stephan Klasen), German Research Foundation (DFG), October 2010 February 2013 Seed Grant on the Impact of Education Policy on Adult Health Outcomes, Principal Investigator, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, July 2010 June 2011 ARTICLES IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS Martínez-Zarzoso I, Vollmer S (2015) Bilateral Trade Flows and Income Distribution Similarity. PLOS ONE, forthcoming Villalobos C, Klasen S, Vollmer S (2015) Distribution Dynamics of Human Development in Mexico Review of Income and Wealth, DOI: /roiw Vollmer S, Alfven T, Padayachy J, Harttgen K, Ghys P, Bärnighausen T (2015) HIV surveys in older adults: better data, better health. The Lancet HIV, 2(2): e40-e41 Strulik H, Vollmer S (2015) The Fertility Transition around the World. Journal of Population Economics, 28(1): Vollmer S, Harttgen K, Subramanyam M, 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): Harttgen K, Vollmer S (2014) A Reversal in the Relationship of Human Development with Fertility? Demography, 51(1): Harttgen K, Kowal P, Strulik H, Chatterji S, Vollmer S (2013) Patterns of frailty in older adults: Comparing results from higher and lower income countries using the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and the Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE). PLOS ONE, 8(10): e75847 Harttgen K, Vollmer S (2013) Using an Asset Index to Simulate Household Income. Economics Letters, 121(2): Harttgen K, Klasen S, Vollmer S (2013) Economic Growth and Child Undernutrition in sub-saharan Africa. Population and Development Review, 39(3):

3 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): Herzer D, Vollmer S (2013) Rising Top Incomes Do Not Raise the Tide. Journal of Policy Modeling, 35(4): Vollmer S, Holzmann H, Schwaiger F (2013) Peaks vs Components. Review of Development Economics, 17(2): Vollmer S, Holzmann H, Ketterer F, Klasen S (2013) Distribution Dynamics of Regional GDP per Employee in Unified Germany. Empirical Economics, 44(2): Vollmer S, Holzmann H, Ketterer F, Klasen S, Canning D (2013) The Emergence of Three Human Development Clubs. PLOS ONE, 8(3): e57624 Kumar S, Vollmer S (2013) Does Improved Sanitation Reduce Diarrhea in Children in Rural India? Health Economics, 22(4): Herzer D, Strulik H, Vollmer S (2012) The Long-Run Determinants of Fertility: One Century of Demographic Change Journal of Economic Growth, 17(4): Herzer D, Vollmer S (2012) Inequality and Growth: Evidence from Panel Cointegration. Journal of Economic Inequality, 10(4): Kröhnert S, Vollmer S (2012) Gender-Specific Migration from Eastern to Western Germany: Where Have All the Young Women Gone? International Migration, 50(5): Nowak-Lehmann F, Herzer D, Vollmer S, Martínez-Zarzoso I (2011) Modeling the Dynamics of Market Shares in a Pooled Data Setting. Applied Economics, 43(7): 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): Nowak-Lehmann F, Herzer D, Martínez-Zarzoso I, Vollmer S (2007) The Impact of a Customs Union between Turkey and the EU on Turkey s Exports to the EU. Journal of Common Market Studies, 45(3): SELECTED WORKING PAPERS Heldring L, Robinson J, Vollmer S (2015) Monks, Gents and Industrialists: The Long-Run Impact of the Dissolution of the English Monasteries. NBER Working Paper No Zenker J, Wagener A, Vollmer S (2014) Better Knowledge Need Not Affect Behavior: A Randomized Evaluation on the Demand for Lottery Tickets in Rural Thailand. Harvard CID Working Paper No. 282 Kumar S, Molitor R, Vollmer S (2014) Children of Drought: Rainfall Shocks and Early Child Health in Rural India. Harvard PGDA Working Paper No. 116 Klasen S, Vollmer S (2014) A Flow Measure of Missing Women by Age and Disease. Harvard PGDA Working Paper No. 113 OTHER PUBLICATIONS Groß U, Vollmer S (2015) Globale Gesundheit mehr als nur Medizin. In: Begegnungen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart (Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Martin Tamcke), Claudia Rammelt, Cornelia Schlarb & Egbert Schlarb (Eds.), LIT Verlag: Münster, pp Vollmer S, Harttgen K, Subramanyam MA, Finlay J, Klasen S, Subramanian SV (2015) Association between economic growth and early childhood nutrition: Authors reply. The Lancet Global Health, 3(2): e81 Vollmer S, Harttgen K, Subramanyam MA, Finlay J, Klasen S, Subramanian SV (2014) Association between economic growth and early childhood nutrition: Authors reply. The Lancet Global Health, 2(9): e501-e502 Paulick J, Vollmer S (2013) Maternal and Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa. In: Maternal-Child Health: Interdisciplinary Aspects Within the Perspective of Global Health, Uwe Gross and Kerstin Wydra (Eds.), Göttingen University Press, pp

4 Nowak-Lehmann F, Vollmer S, Martínez-Zarzoso I (2010) Competitiveness: A Comparison of China and Mexico. In: Dimensions of Competitiveness, Paul De Grauwe (Ed.), MIT Press: Cambridge MA, pp Vollmer S, Martínez-Zarzoso I, Nowak-Lehmann F, Klann N (2009) EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements: Empirical Evidence for Sub-Saharan Africa. Background Paper for the World Development Report 2009, The World Bank: Washington DC Martínez-Zarzoso I, Nowak-Lehmann F, Vollmer S (2009) Comparing French and Spanish Exports to Emerging and Developed Markets. In: The EU and Emerging Markets, Gabriele Tondl (Ed.), Springer: Vienna, pp Nowak-Lehmann F, Herzer D, Vollmer S (2008) The Role of Transport Costs, Tariffs, and the Real Exchange Rate in Chile s Export Trade with the EU. In: Public Finance, Monetary Policy and Market Issues, Edward Shinnick (Ed.), LIT Verlag: Berlin, 2008, pp Nowak-Lehmann F, Herzer D, Vollmer S, Martínez-Zarzoso I (2008) Chile s Market Share in the EU Market: The Role of Price Competition in a Panel Analysis Setting. In: Trade, Integration and Economic Development, Gabriele Tondl (Ed.), Springer: Vienna, pp TEACHING EXPERIENCE Poverty and Inequality, MA, University of Göttingen, Winter 2012/13, Winter 2013/14, Winter 2014/15, Winter 2015/16 Economic Reform and Social Justice in India, MA, University of Göttingen, Winter 2013/14, Winter 2014/15, Winter 2015/16 Seminar: Poor Economics, BA & MA, University of Göttingen, Winter 2014/15, Summer 2015, Winter 2015/16 Advanced Development Economics, PhD, University of Göttingen, Winter 2012/13, Winter 2013/14, Winter 2014/15, Winter 2015/16 Concepts and Methods in Global Health and Population, PhD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015 Why Are Countries Different?, European Forum Alpbach, Summer 2015 Global Health, MA, University of Göttingen, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015 Global Health, PhD, University of Bonn (ZEF), Winter 2013/14, Winter 2014/15 Introduction to Microeconomics, BA, University of Göttingen, Summer 2014, Winter 2014/15 Poverty and Inequality, PhD, University of Bonn (ZEF), Winter 2012/13 Seminar: Why Nations Fail, Undergraduate, University of Göttingen, Summer 2012 Introduction to Statistical Methods, BA, Dartmouth College, Winter 2011/12 Foundations of Global Health and Population, MA, Harvard School of Public Health, Fall 2011 Applied Quantitative Methods, MA, Harvard School of Public Health, Fall 2010 REFEREEING Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Development Economics, European Economic Review, The Lancet HIV, Nutrition Reviews, Social Science and Medicine, World Development, Journal of Economic Inequality, Review of Income and Wealth, Review of Development Economics, Economics and Human Biology, Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Journal of Development Studies, Oxford Development Studies, Journal of Globalization and Development, Feminist Economics, Kyklos, Journal of Economic Policy Reform, PLOS ONE, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, Aging and Diseases, Journal of Biosocial Science, Publius, Democratization PRESENTATIONS 2015 German Economic Association (Münster, Germany), University of Trier (Trier, Germany), World Bank Global Impact Evaluation Workshop (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), German Development Economics Conference (Kiel, Germany),

5 Syiah Kuala University (Banda Aceh, Indonesia), University of Mannheim (Mannheim, Germany), Heidelberg University (Heidelberg, Germany), Alpine Population Conference (La Thuile, Italy) 2014 ETH Zürich (Zürich, Switzerland), University of Hohenheim (Stuttgart, Germany), University of Erfurt (Erfurt, Germany), Hertie School of Governance (Berlin, Germany), Delhi School of Economics (New Delhi, India), German Development Economics Conference (Passau, Germany), University of Münster (Münster, Germany), International Economic Association (Sweimeh, Jordan), UNAIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group (Montreux, Switzerland), Lower Saxony Institute for Economic Research (Hannover, Germany), Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (Port of Spain, Trinidad), TU Dresden (Dresden, Germany) 2013 Mulawarman University (Samarinda, Indonesia), Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts), Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts), German Development Economics Conference (Munich, Germany), University of Gießen (Gießen, Germany), Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (Christ Church, Barbados), University of Bonn (Bonn, Germany), Alpine Population Conference (La Thuile, Italy) 2012 Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts), German Economic Association (Göttingen, Germany), Society for Social Choice and Welfare (New Delhi, India), World Economic History Congress (Stellenbosch, South Africa), Spanish Association of International Economics and Finance (Granada, Spain), Austrian Economic Association (Vienna, Austria) 2011 University of Göttingen (Göttingen, Germany), Dynamics, Economic Growth and International Trade (Saint Petersburg, Russia), Western Economic Association International (San Diego, California), German Development Economics Conference (Berlin, Germany), Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (Kingston, Jamaica) 2010 Vienna Institute of Demography (Vienna, Austria), German Development Economics Conference (Hannover, Germany), Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts) 2009 Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island), International Institute of Public Finance (Cape Town, South Africa), German Development Economics Conference (Frankfurt, Germany), Dynamics, Economic Growth and International Trade (Los Angeles, California), Econometric Society (Boston, Massachusetts), Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (Cave Hill, Barbados), Johns Hopkins University SAIS (Bologna, Italy), University of Hannover (Hannover, Germany), University of Lüneburg (Lüneburg, Germany) 2008 RWTH Aachen University (Aachen, Germany), European Economic Association (Milan, Italy), Econometric Society (Singapore), International Economic Association (Istanbul, Turkey), Global Trade Analysis Project (Helsinki, Finland), International Trade and Finance Association (Lisbon, Portugal), International Society for Comparative Economic Studies (São Paulo, Brazil) 2007 German Economic Association (Munich, Germany), European Trade Study Group (Athens, Greece), CESifo Summer Institute (Venice, Italy), German Development Economics Conference (Göttingen, Germany), Research in International Economics and Finance (Rome, Italy) 2006 International Network for Economic Research (Cork, Ireland), University of the Algarve (Faro, Portugal), International Society for Comparative Economic Studies (Vienna, Austria) Göttingen, October 2015