Biography
Myriam Quispe-Agnoli is a research economist and adviser to the Community and Economic Development research and policy team in the research division of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. She joined the Community and Economic Development research and policy team in January 2010. She is also member of the Americas Center. Her fields of specialization are international economics, trade and finance, open macroeconomics, and economic development. Her current research interests include analysis of the impact of immigration, analysis of small businesses' financing, performance and impact in the labor markets in the United States and emerging markets, and the effects of full and partial dollarization on banks' performance.
Before joining the Bank, Dr. Quispe-Agnoli taught at Emory University, Tulane University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has also served as a visiting lecturer at the Center for International Development Research at the Terry Stanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University. In addition, she is a member of the American Economic Association, Latin American and the Caribbean Economic Association, Southern Economic Association, Econometric Society, and the American Society of Hispanic Economists.
A native of Lima, Peru, Dr. Quispe-Agnoli earned a bachelor's degree in social sciences at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in 1984. She earned her master's degree in economics from Vanderbilt University in 1986 and her doctorate in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1997.
Research
Federal Reserve System Publications
"New Financing Trends in Latin America: An Overview of Selected Issues and Policy Challenges" (with Camilo E. Tovar). Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Economic Review, Vol. 93, No. 3 (2008).
"Official Dollarization and the Banking System in Ecuador and El Salvador" (with Elena Whisler). Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Economic Review Vol. 91 (Third Quarter 2006).
"Reform Fatigue: Symptoms, Reasons, and Implications" (with Eduardo Lora and Ugo Panizza, both of the IADB), paper presented at the conference Rethinking Structural Reform in Latin America, co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the Inter-American Development Bank, October 23–24, 2003.
Reprinted: "Reform Fatigue: Symptoms, Reasons, and Implications" (with Eduardo Lora and Ugo Panizza). Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Economic Review 89 (Second Quarter 2004)
"Measuring Financial Liberalization in Latin America: An Index of Banking Activity" (with Elizabeth McQuerry). Paper for the Proceedings of the Conference “Domestic Finance & Global Capital in Latin America” presented by the Latin America Research Group, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Miami, Florida, November 1–2, 2001.
"The Effect of Immigration on Output Mix, Capital and Productivity" (with Madeline Zavodny). Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Economic Review 87 (First Quarter 2002).
"Alternative Monetary Policies in Latin America"
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Economic Review 86 (Third Quarter 2001).
"A Mixed Blessing: Oil and Latin American Economies" (with Stephen Kay). EconSouth 4 (Third Quarter 2002).
"Argentina: The End of Convertibility" (with Stephen Kay). EconSouth 4 (First Quarter 2002).
“Dollarization: Will the Quick Fix Pay Off in the Long Run?” EconSouth 3 (First Quarter 2001).
Other Publications
"Impact of Business Cycles on the U.S. Suicide Rates, 1928–2007" (with Feijun Luo, Curtis Florence, Lijing Ouyang, and Alexander Crosby). American Journal of Public Health, April 14, 2011. Pages e1–e8.
"Políticas Comerciales Internacionales y la Estructura del Comercio Exterior Peruano" (with Fatima Ponce) Opciones de Política Económica en el Perú: 2011–2015, edited by José Rodriguez and Mario D. Tello. Pages 235–74.
"In Search for Capital, Structural Reforms Continue." 
In No More Messiahs? Latin America, Free Trade and the Integration Landscape, WorldPaper WhitePaper, World Times Inc., Spring 2003.
"Costs and Benefits of Dollarization." In Dollarization and Latin America: Quick Cure or Bad Medicine? Edited by Carl A. Cira and Elisa N. Gallo. Miami: Summit of the Americas Center, Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University, 2002.
Atlanta Fed Working Papers
2012-4
The Wage Impact of Undocumented Workers
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, and Fernando Rios-Avila
March 2012
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2012-2a
Does Employing Undocumented Workers Give Firms a Competitive Advantage?
J. David Brown, Julie L. Hotchkiss, and Myriam Quispe-Agnoli
Revised November 2012
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2009-14d
Employer Monopsony Power in the Labor Market for Undocumented Workers
Julie L. Hotchkiss and Myriam Quispe-Agnoli
revised December 2009
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2008-28
Undocumented Worker Employment and Firm Survivability
J. David Brown, Julie L. Hotchkiss, and Myriam Quispe-Agnoli
December 2008
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2008-7c
The Labor Market Experience and Impact of Undocumented Workers
Julie L. Hotchkiss and Myriam Quispe-Agnoli
Revised June 2008
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2004-11
Can Capital-Skill Complementarity Explain the Rising Skill Premium in Developing Countries? Evidence from Peru
Joy Mazumdar and Myriam Quispe-Agnoli
May 2004
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2003-40
Stabilization Programs and Policy Credibility: Peru in the 1990s
Myriam Quispe-Agnoli
December 2003
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2002-11
Trade and the Skill Premium in Developing Countries: The Role of Intermediate Goods and Some Evidence from Peru
Joy Mazumdar and Myriam Quispe-Agnoli
November 2002
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