In a number of developing countries, an important part of the economy is informal both in terms of production and of social protection. In this paper we consider introducing a universal pension system in the formal sector. It is shown to have two main effects: first, it makes the formal sector...

This paper explores the effects of a menu of intergenerational fiscal policies (public debt financed by taxes, PAYG social security system, inheritance taxation) in an overlapping-generations model with perfect altruism. It generalizes Barro's model by introducing intragenerational...