Work in progress

"Optimal Taxation in Lifecycle Economies with Endogenous Human Capital Formation" (with Martin Gervais and Joana Pereira)

"Optimal Redistribution and Optimal Monitoring of Ability" (joint with Floris Zoutman)

"The Optimal Non-Linear Income Tax and Revealed Redistributive Preferences for the Netherlands" (with Egbert Jongen and Floris Zoutman)

The Atkinson-Stiglitz Theorem and Optimal Linear Commodity Taxation (with Robin Boadway)

Working papers

Jacobs, Bas (2011), "From Optimal Tax Theory to Applied Tax Policy. Lessons from the Netherlands for Norway", mimeo: Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Jacobs, Bas, and Dirk Schindler (2011), "On the Desirability of Taxing Capital Income to Reduce Moral Hazard in Social Insurance", CESifo Working Paper No. 2529. Revised version

Gerritsen, Aart, and Bas Jacobs (2011), "Optimal Minimum Wages and Optimal Redistribution in Competitive Labor Markets with Endogenous Skill Formation", mimeo: Erasmus University Rotterdam. Under revision. [not available: under revision]

Jacobs, Bas, and Ruud A. de Mooij (2011), "Pigou Meets Mirrlees: On the Irrelevance of Tax Distortions for the Second-Best Pigouvian Tax", CESifo Working Paper No. 3342.

Jacobs, Bas (2010), "The Marginal Cost of Public Funds is One", CESifo Working Paper No. 3250.

Jacobs, Bas, and Hongyan Yang (2010), "Second-Best Income Taxation with Endogenous Human Capital and Borrowing Constraints", mimeo Erasmus University/University of Konstanz.

Jacobs, Bas, and Frederick van der Ploeg (2010), "Precautionary Climate Change Policies and Optimal Redistribution", mimeo Erasmus University Rotterdam/Oxford University.
Jacobs, Bas (2009), "The Marginal Cost of Public Funds and Optimal Second-Best Policy Rules", first draft, mimeo: Erasmus University Rotterdam. [not available: under revision]

Jacobs, Bas (2009), "A Life-Cycle Theory of Human Capital Formation, Pension Saving, and Retirement", paper prepared for the ESF Forward Looks Conference Dublin, November 8 2008, and The Hague, April 22 2009.

Jacobs, Bas (2007), "Optimal Redistributive Tax and Education Policies in General Equilibrium", CESifo Working Paper No. 2162.

Bovenberg, A. Lans, and Bas Jacobs (2003), "Redistribution and Education Subsidies are Siamese Twins", Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 05-037/3.

Nahuis, Richard, and Bas Jacobs (2003), "Lose a Fly to Catch a Trout? On Dual Growth Accounting in a Dynamic Economy", mimeo: CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, June 2003. An earlier version circulated under the title "We Don’t See What we Learn: The Computer Revolution, Wage Inequality and Technological Change".

Jacobs, Bas (2002), "Optimal Taxation of Human Capital and Credit Constraints", Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 02-044/2.

Bovenberg, A. Lans, and Bas Jacobs (2001), "Redistribution and Education Subsidies are Siamese Twins", CentER Discussion Paper No. 2001-82; CEPR Working Paper No. 3309.