Young Spaniards spend a long time looking for their first job – and when they do, they often find themselves in an unsatisfying post that is paid by the hour.

In a country with one of the highest youth unemployment rates in Europe, and where one out of every five youths neither works nor studies, a new report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has found that Spain also has the highest proportion of 15-to-24-year-olds who are forced to accept part-time contracts.

A young Spaniard takes an average six years to find a permanent position, compared with two years in Denmark, the study shows. Nearly 71 percent of young workers in Spain are on temporary contracts, and that rate has grown during the economic crisis.

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