Table 3.

Unadjusted and regression‐adjusted average annual differences in U.S. exports and U.S. exports‐supported jobs between 2005–2013 and 2014, by group

Variables of interest	2005–2013	2014	Unadjusted difference (%)	Regression‐adjusted difference (%)
U.S. exports (million constant 2016 USD)
Treatment Group 1	105.7	103.4	−2%	.5%
Treatment Group 2	1472.3	2067.2	40%	12%
Comparison group	337.3	456.7	35%	27%***
U.S. jobs (number)
Treatment Group 1	548.3	520.0	−5%	−13%
Treatment Group 2	7215.4	8052.3	12%	−20%
Comparison group	1764.1	2141.8	21%	20%***

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.

^* Statistically significant at 10% level.

^** Statistically significant at 5% level.

^*** Statistically significant at 1% level.