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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 10.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Hum Behav. 2017 Jan 10;1:19. doi: 10.1038/s41562-016-0019

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Net Present Value of Main Components of the Life-Cycle Benefit/Cost Analysis, Carolina Abecedarian Project

Note: Program costs: the total cost of ABC/CARE, including the welfare cost of taxes to finance it. Total net benefits: for all of the components considered. These include labor income: total individual labor income from ages 20 to the retirement of program participants (assumed to be at age 67). Parental income: total parental labor income of the parents of the participants from when the participants were ages 1.5 to 21. This arises from subsidizing childcare. Crime: the total cost of crime (judicial and victimization costs). Health: gain corresponding to better health conditions until predicted death.

Source: Garcia et al.8