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OTTENBACHER Martha

University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > LUCET

ORCID
0000-0001-8415-1401
Main Referenced Co-authors
FISCHBACH, Antoine  (12)
HADJAR, Andreas  (6)
HORNUNG, Caroline  (6)
PIT-TEN CATE, Ineke  (6)
Alieva, Aigul (5)
Main Referenced Keywords
Luxembourg (6); educational inequalities (4); educational inequality (4); Early childhood education and care (ECEC) (3); intersectionality (3);
Main Referenced Unit & Research Centers
Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing (LUCET) (10)
Main Referenced Disciplines
Education & instruction (14)
Social economics (4)
Special economic topics (health, labor, transportation...) (4)
Sociology & social sciences (4)
Social & behavioral sciences, psychology: Multidisciplinary, general & others (2)

Publications (total 29)

The most downloaded
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HORNUNG, C., KAUFMANN, L. M., OTTENBACHER, M., WETH, C., WOLLSCHLÄGER, R., UGEN, S., & FISCHBACH, A. (2023). Early childhood education and care in Luxembourg. Attendance and associations with early learning performance. Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg: Luxembourg Center of Educational Testing (LUCET). doi:10.48746/epstanalpha2023prhttps://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/54926 https://hdl.handle.net/10993/54926

The most cited

15 citations (WOS)

Jirjahn, U., & OTTENBACHER, M. (April 2023). Big Five personality traits and sex. Journal of Population Economics, 36 (2), 549-580. doi:10.1007/s00148-022-00893-2 https://hdl.handle.net/10993/50593

Thesis and dissertations

Doctoral thesis

OTTENBACHER, M. (2021). Econometric Essays on Population Economics: Retirement, Fertility, Sexuality [Doctoral thesis, University of Trier]. ORBilu-University of Luxembourg. https://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/55310doi:10.25353/ubtr-xxxx-1c64-9b1c

Scientific outputs

Articles in scientific journals with peer reviewing verified by ORBi or included in HEC journal guide

PIT-TEN CATE, I., KROEZEN, T., OTTENBACHER, M., ALIEVA, A., HADJAR, A., TORABIAN, J. E., DE MOLL, F., & FISCHBACH, A. (13 January 2026). The long-term impact of socioeconomic school composition on inequalities in track placement and student achievement growth in Luxembourg. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, online first, 1-38. doi:10.1177/00207152251409378
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KAUFMANN, L. M., OTTENBACHER, M., WETH, C., FISCHBACH, A., & HORNUNG, C. (2025). Early Childcare Attendance, Home Language, and Listening Comprehension: Evidence from Large-Scale Assessments in Multilingual Luxembourg. Early Education and Development, 1-23. doi:10.1080/10409289.2025.2577955
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Jirjahn, U., & OTTENBACHER, M. (April 2023). Big Five personality traits and sex. Journal of Population Economics, 36 (2), 549-580. doi:10.1007/s00148-022-00893-2
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

OTTENBACHER, M. (2017). Retirement Intentions: The Role of Conflict With the Boss and Health. Sozialer Fortschritt, 66 (10), 699-722. doi:10.3790/sfo.66.10.699
Peer reviewed

Chapters in collective works

OTTENBACHER, M.* , WOLLSCHLÄGER, R.* , KELLER, U., SONNLEITNER, P., HORNUNG, C., ESCH, P., FISCHBACH, A., & UGEN, S. (2024). Neue längsschnittliche Befunde aus dem nationalen Bildungsmonitoring ÉpStan von der 1. bis zur 5. Klasse: Negativer Trend bei Kompetenzverläufen und wirkungslose Klassenwiederholungen. In Nationaler Bildungsbericht 2024 (pp. 54-63). Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg: Luxembourg Center for Educational Testing (LUCET). doi:10.48746/bb2024lu-de-12a
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* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

KAUFMANN, L. M., OTTENBACHER, M., WETH, C., FISCHBACH, A., UGEN, S., & HORNUNG, C. (2024). Frühkindliche Bildung und Betreuung in Luxemburg: Wer nimmt die Angebote wahr und welche Effekte hat der Besuch auf frühe Schulleistung? In T. LENZ, S. BACKES, ... C. HAAS, Nationaler Bildungsbericht 2024 (pp. 28-35). Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg: Luxembourg Center for Educational Testing (LUCET). doi:10.48746/bb2024lu-de-4
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Proceedings published in a book or a journal

Jirjahn, U., & OTTENBACHER, M. (2023). Big Five personality traits and sex. Journal of Population Economics.
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Eprint/Working paper

Pit-ten Cate, I., Kroezen, T., OTTENBACHER, M., Alieva, A., HADJAR, A., TORABIAN, J., & FISCHBACH, A. (2023). The long-term impact of school composition on track placement and academic performance in Luxembourg. ORBilu-University of Luxembourg. https://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/58355.

OTTENBACHER, M. (2020). Religion Predicting Fertility Behaviour of Young Women in Contemporary Germany. ORBilu-University of Luxembourg. https://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/58359.

Reports

External research reports

HORNUNG, C., KAUFMANN, L. M., OTTENBACHER, M., WETH, C., WOLLSCHLÄGER, R., UGEN, S., & FISCHBACH, A. (2023). Early childhood education and care in Luxembourg. Attendance and associations with early learning performance. Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg: Luxembourg Center of Educational Testing (LUCET). doi:10.48746/epstanalpha2023prhttps://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/54926

Unpublished scientific communications

Scientific congresses, symposiums and conference with international audience

On personal proposal

PIT-TEN CATE, I., OTTENBACHER, M., Alieva, A., Kroezen, T., DE MOLL, F., & FISCHBACH, A. (22 August 2023). The intersectionality of school and student factors in predicting academic achievement [Paper presentation]. ECER, Glasgow, United Kingdom.

KAUFMANN, L. M., WETH, C., OTTENBACHER, M., FISCHBACH, A., & HORNUNG, C. (21 August 2023). Early Childhood Education and Care in Luxembourg and Language: Performance Closing the Gap between different Language Backgrounds? [Paper presentation]. ERC/ECER, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Peer reviewed

PIT-TEN CATE, I., OTTENBACHER, M., Alieva, A., Kroezen, T., HADJAR, A., TORABIAN, J., & DE MOLL, F. (29 June 2023). The longitudinal impact of student characteristics, school composition and track placement on mathematics performance: Inter- and cross level intersectionality [Paper presentation]. XX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne (virtual), Australia.
Peer reviewed

PIT-TEN CATE, I., OTTENBACHER, M., Alieva, A., Kroezen, T., HADJAR, A., TORABIAN, J., DE MOLL, F., & FISCHBACH, A. (05 December 2022). School tracking in Luxembourg: the longitudinal impact of student characteristics and school composition [Paper presentation]. 7th International NEPS conference, online, Germany.

Scientific presentations in universities or research centers

OTTENBACHER, M. (31 May 2017). Religion and Fertility of Young Women in Germany [Paper presentation]. International User Conference of the German Family Panel pairfam.

OTTENBACHER, M. (21 April 2017). Within secularized society and expansive mass education: Religion predicting fertility of young women in Germany [Paper presentation]. Workshop on Labour Economics 2017 of the Institute for Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union (IAAEU).

OTTENBACHER, M. (07 October 2016). Retiring intentions: The Role of Conflict with the Boss and Health Status as a Moderator [Paper presentation]. Workshop on Subjective Survey Data 2016 of the Institute for Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union (IAAEU).

OTTENBACHER, M. (19 October 2011). Arbeitszufriedenheit und Erwerbsbeteiligung älterer Arbeitnehmer in Zeiten des Fachkräftemagels [Paper presentation]. 9th IWH/IAB-Workshop zur Arbeitsmarktpolitik.

Scientific congresses and symposiums with national audience

OTTENBACHER, M., WOLLSCHLÄGER, R., KELLER, U., & UGEN, S. (10 September 2025). Grade Retention in Primary Education in Luxembourg - Effectiveness regarding academic achievement and noncognitive outcomes [Paper presentation]. ECER 2025, Belgrade, Serbia.
Editorial reviewed

PIT-TEN CATE, I., OTTENBACHER, M., ALIEVA, A., Kroezen; Taylor, HADJAR, A., & FISCHBACH, A. (28 January 2025). Schulübergang in Luxemburg: Intersektionalität von Geschlecht und Migrationshintergrund [Paper presentation]. 12. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF), Mannheim, Germany.
Peer reviewed

PIT-TEN CATE, I., HADJAR, A., Alieva, A., FISCHBACH, A., Kroezen, T., DE MOLL, F., OTTENBACHER, M., & TORABIAN, J. (09 November 2022). School Segregation in Primary and Secondary Education in Luxembourg: Track Placement and Academic Achievement [Paper presentation]. LuxERA Conference 2022, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.

Posters

KRÄMER, C., RATHMACHER, Y., TREMMEL, K. A. M., & OTTENBACHER, M. (23 February 2023). Neue Erkenntnisse zu den Lesegewohnheiten luxemburgischer Schülerinnen und Schüler [Poster presentation]. 9. Treffen der AG Grammatikdidaktik und Sprachbetrachtung, Belval, Luxembourg.

KRÄMER, C., RATHMACHER, Y., OTTENBACHER, M., & TREMMEL, K. A. M. (10 November 2022). Do your magic, Harry Potter! popular fiction books and their impact on students’ reading performances [Poster presentation]. Luxembourg Educational Research Association (LuxERA) Conference 2022, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.

KAUFMANN, L. M., FISCHBACH, A., OTTENBACHER, M., & HORNUNG, C. (10 November 2022). Early Childhood Education and Care in Luxembourg - Is attendance influenced by immigration background and socioeconomic status? [Poster presentation]. LuxERA Conference 2022, University of Luxembourg, Campus Belval, Luxembourg.
Peer reviewed

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