META-ANALYSIS |
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Benefit-Cost Summary Statistics Per Participant | ||||||
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Benefits to: | ||||||
Taxpayers | $3,074 | Benefits minus costs | $5,833 | |||
Participants | $735 | Benefit to cost ratio | $2.54 | |||
Others | $4,968 | Chance the program will produce | ||||
Indirect | $840 | benefits greater than the costs | 80 % | |||
Total benefits | $9,617 | |||||
Net program cost | ($3,784) | |||||
Benefits minus cost | $5,833 | |||||
Detailed Monetary Benefit Estimates Per Participant | |||||
Benefits from changes to:1 | Benefits to: | ||||
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Taxpayers | Participants | Others2 | Indirect3 | Total |
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Crime | $2,466 | $0 | $4,674 | $1,240 | $8,380 |
Labor market earnings associated with illicit drug abuse or dependence | $307 | $676 | $0 | $1,345 | $2,328 |
Health care associated with illicit drug abuse or dependence | $300 | $59 | $295 | $150 | $804 |
Adjustment for deadweight cost of program | $0 | $0 | $0 | ($1,895) | ($1,895) |
Totals | $3,074 | $735 | $4,968 | $840 | $9,617 |
Detailed Annual Cost Estimates Per Participant | ||||
Annual cost | Year dollars | Summary | ||
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Program costs | $3,783 | 2016 | Present value of net program costs (in 2016 dollars) | ($3,784) |
Comparison costs | $0 | 2016 | Cost range (+ or -) | 10 % |
Estimated Cumulative Net Benefits Over Time (Non-Discounted Dollars) |
The graph above illustrates the estimated cumulative net benefits per-participant for the first fifty years beyond the initial investment in the program. We present these cash flows in non-discounted dollars to simplify the “break-even” point from a budgeting perspective. If the dollars are negative (bars below $0 line), the cumulative benefits do not outweigh the cost of the program up to that point in time. The program breaks even when the dollars reach $0. At this point, the total benefits to participants, taxpayers, and others, are equal to the cost of the program. If the dollars are above $0, the benefits of the program exceed the initial investment. |
Meta-Analysis of Program Effects | |||||||||||
Outcomes measured | No. of effect sizes | Treatment N | Adjusted effect sizes (ES) and standard errors (SE) used in the benefit-cost analysis | Unadjusted effect size (random effects model) | |||||||
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First time ES is estimated | Second time ES is estimated | ||||||||||
ES | SE | Age | ES | SE | Age | ES | p-value | ||||
Crime | 4 | 669 | -0.102 | 0.064 | 34 | -0.102 | 0.064 | 44 | -0.260 | 0.001 | |
Hours worked^ | 1 | 90 | -0.018 | 0.149 | 32 | -0.018 | 0.149 | 32 | -0.050 | 0.735 | |
Illicit drug use disorder | 3 | 1043 | -0.263 | 0.130 | 32 | 0.000 | 0.187 | 35 | -0.462 | 0.055 |
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