
Sarah Miller
Principal Economist
- Ph.D., Dalhousie University
- M.A., Dalhousie University
- B.B.A., St. Francis Xavier University
Bio
Sarah Miller is a Principal Economist in the Survey and Economic Intelligence Division in the Canadian Economics Analysis Department. Based at the Atlantic Regional Office, she conducts research, contributes to the quarterly Business Outlook Survey and analyses economic developments in Atlantic Canada. Her primary research interests include labour markets, migration and business surveys.
Born in Prince Edward Island, Sarah holds a Ph.D. in economics from Dalhousie University. She is the president of the Atlantic Association of Applied Economists (AAAE).
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Staff analytical notes
The Bank of Canada COVID‑19 stringency index: measuring policy response across provinces
We construct an index that systematically measures and tracks the stringency of government policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic across Canadian provinces. Researchers can use this stringency index to analyze how the pandemic is affecting the economy.Staff discussion papers
What’s Up with Unit Non-Response in the Bank of Canada’s Business Outlook Survey? The Effect of Staff Tenure
Since 1997, the Bank of Canada’s regional offices have been conducting the Business Outlook Survey (BOS), a quarterly survey of business conditions. Survey responses are gathered through face-to-face, confidential consultations with a sample of private sector firms representative of the various sectors, firm sizes and regions across Canada.Staff working papers
What Drags and Drives Mobility: Explaining Canada’s Aggregate Migration Patterns
Using census data at the economic region level from 1991 to 2006 and a gravity model framework, this paper examines the factors that influence migration within Canada.Bank publications
Bank of Canada Review articles
May 16, 2013
Explaining Canada’s Regional Migration Patterns
Understanding the factors that determine the migration of labour between regions is crucial for assessing the economy’s response to macroeconomic shocks and identifying policies that will encourage an efficient reallocation of labour. By examining the determinants of migration within Canada from 1991 to 2006, this article provides evidence that regional differences in employment rates and household incomes tend to increase labour migration, and that provincial borders and language differences are barriers to migration.Journal publications
Refereed journals
- “What Drags and Drives Mobility: Explaining Canada’s Aggregate Migration Patterns”
(with David Amirault and Daniel de Munnik), Canadian Journal of Economics, Volume 49, Issue 3, pages 1035-1056, August 2016.