Subjective Well-Being across the Lifespan in Europe and Central Asia
This paper uses data from the Integrated Values Survey, the Life in Transition Survey, and the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey to analyze the relation between age and subjective well-being in the Europe and Central Asia region. Although the r...
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okr-10986-224622021-04-23T14:04:09Z Subjective Well-Being across the Lifespan in Europe and Central Asia Bauer, Jan Michael Levin, Victoria Munoz Boudet, Ana Maria Nie, Peng Sousa-Poza, Alfonso CORRELATIONS METHODS WEIGHT INFERENCE BELIEFS STUDY INTERVIEWS SCIENCE EXPLORATION AGED OLD AGE GENDER DIFFERENCES TIME SAMPLING RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS PSYCHOLOGY AGE GENDER MEN BIAS ATTENTION GROUPS MARITAL STATUS AGE GROUPS AGE DISTRIBUTION OBSERVATION ESTIMATES SCIENCES EFFORT EFFECTS YOUTH AGEING INDICATORS WOMEN RESEARCH SAMPLES METHODOLOGY SIZE WEIGHTING SURVEYS MEASURES This paper uses data from the Integrated Values Survey, the Life in Transition Survey, and the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey to analyze the relation between age and subjective well-being in the Europe and Central Asia region. Although the results generally confirm the findings of previous studies of a U-shaped relation between subjective well-being and age for most of the lifecycle, the paper also finds that well-being declines again after people reach their 60s and 70s, giving rise to an S-shaped relation across the entire lifespan. This pattern generally remains robust for most of the cross-sectional and panel analyses. Hence, despite significant heterogeneity in the pattern of well-being across the lifespan in the Europe and Central Asia region, the paper does not observe high levels of cross-country or cross-cohort variation. 2015-08-17T19:58:21Z 2015-08-17T19:58:21Z 2015-07 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24835059/subjective-well-being-across-lifespan-europe-central-asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22462 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7378 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia |
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CORRELATIONS METHODS WEIGHT INFERENCE BELIEFS STUDY INTERVIEWS SCIENCE EXPLORATION AGED OLD AGE GENDER DIFFERENCES TIME SAMPLING RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS PSYCHOLOGY AGE GENDER MEN BIAS ATTENTION GROUPS MARITAL STATUS AGE GROUPS AGE DISTRIBUTION OBSERVATION ESTIMATES SCIENCES EFFORT EFFECTS YOUTH AGEING INDICATORS WOMEN RESEARCH SAMPLES METHODOLOGY SIZE WEIGHTING SURVEYS MEASURES |
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CORRELATIONS METHODS WEIGHT INFERENCE BELIEFS STUDY INTERVIEWS SCIENCE EXPLORATION AGED OLD AGE GENDER DIFFERENCES TIME SAMPLING RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS PSYCHOLOGY AGE GENDER MEN BIAS ATTENTION GROUPS MARITAL STATUS AGE GROUPS AGE DISTRIBUTION OBSERVATION ESTIMATES SCIENCES EFFORT EFFECTS YOUTH AGEING INDICATORS WOMEN RESEARCH SAMPLES METHODOLOGY SIZE WEIGHTING SURVEYS MEASURES Bauer, Jan Michael Levin, Victoria Munoz Boudet, Ana Maria Nie, Peng Sousa-Poza, Alfonso Subjective Well-Being across the Lifespan in Europe and Central Asia |
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This paper uses data from the Integrated
Values Survey, the Life in Transition Survey, and the Russia
Longitudinal Monitoring Survey to analyze the relation
between age and subjective well-being in the Europe and
Central Asia region. Although the results generally confirm
the findings of previous studies of a U-shaped relation
between subjective well-being and age for most of the
lifecycle, the paper also finds that well-being declines
again after people reach their 60s and 70s, giving rise to
an S-shaped relation across the entire lifespan. This
pattern generally remains robust for most of the
cross-sectional and panel analyses. Hence, despite
significant heterogeneity in the pattern of well-being
across the lifespan in the Europe and Central Asia region,
the paper does not observe high levels of cross-country or
cross-cohort variation. |
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Working Paper |
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Bauer, Jan Michael Levin, Victoria Munoz Boudet, Ana Maria Nie, Peng Sousa-Poza, Alfonso |
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Bauer, Jan Michael Levin, Victoria Munoz Boudet, Ana Maria Nie, Peng Sousa-Poza, Alfonso |
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Bauer, Jan Michael |
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Subjective Well-Being across the Lifespan in Europe and Central Asia |
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Subjective Well-Being across the Lifespan in Europe and Central Asia |
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Subjective Well-Being across the Lifespan in Europe and Central Asia |
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Subjective Well-Being across the Lifespan in Europe and Central Asia |
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Subjective Well-Being across the Lifespan in Europe and Central Asia |
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subjective well-being across the lifespan in europe and central asia |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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