reduced dismissal costs for the employers of over a tenth of Sweden's workforce. Our difference-in-differences analysis of … their hiring standards in response to changes in dismissal costs …

years in case of unfair dismissal. We show, relying on data, that this regulation entails a hike in severance payments at … just after. The layoff costs and its procedural component are evaluated thanks to the estimation of a search and matching … model which reproduces the shape of the job separation rate. We find that total layoff costs increase with seniority and are …