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the finding that people who lived through poor stock returns, such as in the Depression, take less financial risk for decades afterward.

In economic history, depression babies refers to the finding that people who lived through poor stock returns, such as in the Depression, take less financial risk for decades afterward. This meaning comes from Malmendier (2011) in The Quarterly Journal of Economics.[1]

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References

  1. Malmendier, U., & Nagel, S. (2011). Depression Babies: Do Macroeconomic Experiences Affect Risk Taking? The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 126(1), 373-416. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjq004

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