Dualism and spanish workers’ life cycles, or why we need a single contract

Like in Italy, temporary contracts have led to a dual labour market in Spain. This dualism has produced the current 50% youth unemployment rate and prevents young workers from having work careers. After a long sequence of ineffective, incremental labour market reforms, a single, permanent labour contract seems to be the only real solution to this acute problem, but its implementation is being blocked by a coalition of interests of employers, labour unions, and governments.