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March 2003
Perry School Preschool's Estimated Impact
per Program Participant
Table 1A — Benefit/Cost Analysis
Present Value in 1992 Dollars Discounted at
3%
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Benefits* |
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Child care provided |
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More efficient K-12 education, such as less grade retention
and higher achievement |
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Decrease in public adult education costs |
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Increase in participants' earnings and employee benefits |
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Decrease in crime |
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Increase in publicly funded higher education costs |
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Decrease in welfare payments |
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Total Benefits |
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Cost of Program |
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*Benefits and costs were measured from ages 3 through 27 and
projected for ages 28 through 65.
Data Source: The High/Scope Perry Preschool Study Through Age 27
Return to: Early Childhood Development: Economic
Development
with a High Public Return
Table 1B—Real Internal Rate of Return
Table 2—Cost Estimate to Educate all 3- and
4-Year-Old Children From Low-Income Families in Minnesota at a Two-Year,
High-Quality ECDP
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