The employer`s payroll contribution for pension system relief has been one of the most important topic on the debate about social security. Some advocates that the traditional source of funds for pension system tends to undergo a process of erosion.And there are critics, who argue that there is...

This article search to evaluate the impacts of the General Regimen of Social Security (RGPS) on the well-being of the society and on some macroeconomic variables. The analysis will be made by means of the numerical simulation of a model of overlapping generations, calibrated to reproduce the...

Relationship between the land market, economic growth and land insecurity explained by an overlapping model. This paper analyzes the relationship between the land market failures and the economic growth in Brazil, starting from an overlapping model including two sectors: agricultural and...

This paper aims to contribute to the debate on the best way to reduce the tax burden on the production sector in Brazil, by simulating an overlapping generations model calibrated to the country's economy. Our focus is on the comparison of the macroeconomic and welfare impacts brought about by...