'What's your age, please?'

Jul 22, 1999
By Diana Kudayarova

RIGA - It was just another ad in just another issue of Rigas Santims, a free paper filled with classifieds that is dropped in mailboxes every Tuesday afternoon. It read: "A firm will find you a job placement within three days. No service charge." And then "Age 35 or younger" and a phone number.The proportion of people out of jobs increases for those aged 35 through 44, reaching 14.1 percent. Only 13.6 percent of 30-to-34-year-olds and 12.9 percent of 25-to-29-year-olds are without jobs.Against t ...

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