Edgar Chicurel

Edgar Chicurel

Economist and Data Scientist

CSIC

Welcome to my website. I am currently a Research Assistant working at CSIC - IPP.

I studied Economics at Universidad Carlos III where I specialized in Econometrics and Macroeconomics. I also hold a master’s degree in Computational Social Sciences.

As an experienced econometrician and macroeconomist, I am dedicated to using data-driven analysis to inform monetary and financial policy in the European Union. I specialize in working with large data sets and interpreting the results to make informed decisions. My ultimate goal is to master the most advanced tools in this field and make a significant impact on current policy issues.

Interests
  • Econometrics
  • Research
  • Text minning
  • Web scraping
  • R
  • Python
  • Data analysis
Education

  • MSc in Computational Social Science, 2023

    Universidad Carlos III

  • BSc in Economics, 2022

    Universidad Carlos III

  • International Foundation Program, 2018

    Universidad Carlos III

  • First year of “Economics and Finances", 2017

    Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores Monterrey – Mexico City

Work

Researcher and Data Analyst at "The Institute of Public Policies and Goods - CSIC"
Conducted and communicated advanced data and economic analyses, leveraging causal inference and NLP techniques to support research efficiency and dissemination in academic and policy-making contexts
2023-current
Researcher in a project on meritocracy, diversity and politicization of elite civil servants in Spain
Third phase of the research project “Meritocracy, Diversity, and Politicization of Elite Civil Servants in Spain”, focusing on the application of machine learning to analyze administrative data on the selection and careers of senior officials
2023-2024
Intern at Banco de España
Analyzed large datasets with R and STATA, contributing to research projects on trade dynamics and supply bottlenecks while developing expertise in data analysis, descriptive statistics, and economic modeling
2022-2023

Education

UC3M - Master in Computational Social Science (English)
The Master in Computational Social Science offers specialized training in cutting-edge computational and quantitative analysis techniques oriented to the study of the Social Sciences
2022-2023
UC3M - Bachelor’s degree in Economics, specialized in Quantitative Techniques, Applied Economics and Macroeconomics (English)
This degree program provides solid knowledge and tools that allow students to address increasingly complex economic situations impacted by the globalization of markets, the improvement in communications and climate change
2018-2022
UC3M - International Foundation Program (English)
The program’s objective is to prepare international students to adapt to the demanding standards of the Spanish university system, particularly at UC3M, while facilitating their integration by acquiring the foundations of Spanish culture and language
2018
ITESM - First year of the “Economics and Finances” bachelor´s degree
This economics degree is equipped to analyze economical behaviors, design effective public policies, manage investments, and make accurate predictions.
2017

Projects

Weather for Energy
This study utilized PCA and K-means clustering to identify four distinct country clusters based on climate and energy consumption, revealing temperature as a key differentiator—particularly for cold, high-energy northern nations—while suggesting that finer clustering could shift focus toward socioeconomic factors like GDP.
2025
PDF Dataset
IBM Attrition Rate
This study developed machine learning models to predict employee attrition and monthly income, identifying job satisfaction and job level as key factors, respectively, while highlighting the potential of such techniques to inform corporate decision-making.
2024
PDF Dataset
Unveiling Economic Thought: A Textual Analysis of Keynes, Smith, and Ricardo
This study uses text mining techniques to reveal distinct thematic and lexical differences in the economic writings of Keynes, Smith, and Ricardo, highlighting their unique contributions to economic theory through word frequencies, N-grams, and correlations.
2024
PDF
Reef Base Scraper
Web Scraper that extracts data from a reef webpage.
2023
PDF Dataset Video
Revitalizing Trade Dependencies: Analyzing the Influence of the 2018 Mexican Government Transition on Economic Patterns using a Gravity Model and Sector-Specific Indicators
Master’s in Computational Social Science Thesis
2023
PDF Code Dataset Slides
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