Bauer, Jan MichaelLevin, VictoriaMunoz Boudet, Ana MariaNie, PengSousa-Poza, Alfonso2015-08-172015-08-172015-07https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22462This 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.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOCORRELATIONSMETHODSWEIGHTINFERENCEBELIEFSSTUDYINTERVIEWSSCIENCEEXPLORATIONAGEDOLD AGEGENDER DIFFERENCESTIMESAMPLINGRESEARCH WORKING PAPERSPSYCHOLOGYAGEGENDERMENBIASATTENTIONGROUPSMARITAL STATUSAGE GROUPSAGE DISTRIBUTIONOBSERVATIONESTIMATESSCIENCESEFFORTEFFECTSYOUTHAGEINGINDICATORSWOMENRESEARCHSAMPLESMETHODOLOGYSIZEWEIGHTINGSURVEYSMEASURESWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-7378