Sirenia Vázquez is Principal Economist, member of the Big Data team at BBVA Research. Her research mainly focuses in using large databases to study social, macroeconomic, financial, regional and sectorial issues related to the Spanish and Global economy.
She has worked in BBVA Research since 2013, when she joined the Mexican unit. In 2019 she moved to the BBVA Research team based in Madrid.She has wide experience working in both public and private sectors. Before joining BBVA Research she worked as Director of Economic Studies at the National Banking and Securities Commission in Mexico (CNBV), and previously held different research positions in private and public financial institutions and in the Ministry of Social Development in Mexico.She has a degree in Economics from Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), and a Master in Risk Management from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). She is a certified Data Scientist from Universidad de Navarra.November 5, 2024
Social Security affiliation grew by 134,300 people and unemployment increased by 26,800. Seasonally adjusted, the number of employees rose by 55,000, while the number of unemployed fell by 13,000. Additionally, the percentage of affiliates with temporary contracts decreased.
October 25, 2024
This study examines how inflation in 2021 affected wealth inequality in Spain through three channels: the traditional wealth channel, the income channel, and the relative consumption channel. The wealth and income channels had significantly larger effects than the consumption channel.
October 25, 2024
Once seasonality is discounted, both employment (0.4% q/q) and hours worked (0.1% q/q) increased at a similar pace to Social Security affiliation (0.3% q/q). Additionally, the unemployment rate declined (to 11.3%), and the temporary employment rate remained stable (15.9%).
