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Social programs have a wide variety of effects, & often have the explicit objective of improving the economic status of the people they serve. To be useful to policymakers, benefit-cost analysis of social programs should explicitly take account of these two program features. Such an analysis is presented for the benefits & costs of the Job Corps. Baseline & follow-up data were collected for approximately 5,100 youths from May 1977 to Apr 1979, including both members of the Job Corps & a comparison sample. The Job Corps is found to have substantial net value for society as a whole, as well as for the average Corpsmember; important benefits are output produced & reduced criminal activity. The methodology used for this evaluation can also be applied to other programs. 7 Tables. Modified HA.