A benefit-cost analysis of a long-term intervention on social and emotional learning in compulsory school
There is growing evidence that social and emotional skills can be taught to students in school and teaching these skills can have a positive effect on later outcomes, such as better mental health and less drug use. This paper presents a benefit-cost analysis of a longitudinal social and emotional...
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| author | Alli Klapp Clive Belfield Brooks Bowden Henry Levin Robert Shand Brooks Bowden Sabine Zander |
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| description | There is growing evidence that social and emotional skills can be taught to students in
school and teaching these skills can have a positive effect on later outcomes, such as
better mental health and less drug use. This paper presents a benefit-cost analysis of a
longitudinal social and emotional learning intervention in Sweden, using data for 663
students participating in the evaluation. Intervention costs are compared against
treatment impact on self-reported drug use. Pre-test and post-test data are available.
Since follow-up data for the participants´ drug use as adults is not available, informed
projections have been made. Net present monetary values are calculated for the general
public and society. The results show that students in the treatment group report
decreasing use of drugs over the five year long intervention, the value of which easily
outweighs the intervention costs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-210b2e2b65d84663bdd788b92751c2c92023-01-03T11:25:59ZengCentre for Resilience & Socio-Emotional HealthInternational Journal of Emotional Education2073-76292017-04-0191319A benefit-cost analysis of a long-term intervention on social and emotional learning in compulsory schoolAlli Klapp 0Clive Belfield1Brooks Bowden2Henry Levin3Robert Shand4Brooks Bowden5Sabine Zander6Department of Education and Special Education, University of Gothenburg, SwedenEconomics Department, Queens College, USATeachers College, Columbia University, USATeachers College, Columbia University, USATeachers College, Columbia University, USATeachers College, Columbia University, USATeachers College, Columbia University, USAThere is growing evidence that social and emotional skills can be taught to students in school and teaching these skills can have a positive effect on later outcomes, such as better mental health and less drug use. This paper presents a benefit-cost analysis of a longitudinal social and emotional learning intervention in Sweden, using data for 663 students participating in the evaluation. Intervention costs are compared against treatment impact on self-reported drug use. Pre-test and post-test data are available. Since follow-up data for the participants´ drug use as adults is not available, informed projections have been made. Net present monetary values are calculated for the general public and society. The results show that students in the treatment group report decreasing use of drugs over the five year long intervention, the value of which easily outweighs the intervention costs.https://www.um.edu.mt/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/313206/v1i9p1.pdfsocial and emotional learning; benefit-cost analysis; school intervention; drug use; school programs |
| spellingShingle | Alli Klapp Clive Belfield Brooks Bowden Henry Levin Robert Shand Brooks Bowden Sabine Zander A benefit-cost analysis of a long-term intervention on social and emotional learning in compulsory school International Journal of Emotional Education social and emotional learning; benefit-cost analysis; school intervention; drug use; school programs |
| title | A benefit-cost analysis of a long-term intervention on social and emotional learning in compulsory school |
| title_full | A benefit-cost analysis of a long-term intervention on social and emotional learning in compulsory school |
| title_fullStr | A benefit-cost analysis of a long-term intervention on social and emotional learning in compulsory school |
| title_full_unstemmed | A benefit-cost analysis of a long-term intervention on social and emotional learning in compulsory school |
| title_short | A benefit-cost analysis of a long-term intervention on social and emotional learning in compulsory school |
| title_sort | benefit cost analysis of a long term intervention on social and emotional learning in compulsory school |
| topic | social and emotional learning; benefit-cost analysis; school intervention; drug use; school programs |
| url | https://www.um.edu.mt/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/313206/v1i9p1.pdf |
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