Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of treatment and comparison groups, annual country means
| 2005–2013 | 2014–2016 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Treatment Group 1 | Treatment Group 2 | Comparison group | 46 SSA countries | Treatment Group 1 | Treatment Group 2 | Comparison group | 46 SSA countries |
| GDP per capita, constant 2016 USD | 850 | 2,075 | 3,948 | 3,619 | 639 | 1,678 | 2,967 | 2,731 |
| Value of U.S. merchandise exports, constant 2016 USD (millions) | 106 | 1,472 | 337 | 397 | 103 | 1,332 | 349 | 397 |
| Agriculture and livestock products (% of merchandise exports) | 2.2 | 22.6 | 3.7 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 13.6 | 2.9 | 5.2 |
| Oil, gas, minerals, and ores (% of merchandise exports) | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Manufacturing products (% of merchandise exports) | 83.3 | 71.9 | 87.0 | 83.7 | 78.9 | 74.7 | 91.6 | 87.7 |
| Other (% of merchandise exports) | 16.5 | 15.8 | 5.1 | 7.7 | 14.4 | 10.8 | 3.9 | 5.6 |
| Number of U.S. jobs supported by exports | 548 | 7,215 | 1,764 | 2,044 | 556 | 7,108 | 1,902 | 2,154 |
Note. Treatment Group 1 consists of three countries with epidemic transmission of 2014 Ebola: Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Treatment Group 2 consists of three countries with limited cases of 2014 Ebola: Mali, Nigeria, and Senegal. The comparison group consists of 40 sub‐Saharan Africa countries without cases of 2014 Ebola.
Abbreviations: GDP, gross domestic product; SSA, sub‐Saharan Africa.