Ann Harding (economist)

Ann Harding AO FASSA
Born	Ann Margaret Harding (1958-05-18)18 May 1958
Died	30 January 2023(2023-01-30) (aged 64)
Nationality	Australian
Occupation(s)	Economist, academic
Academic background
Education	University of Sydney
Alma mater	London School of Economics
Thesis	Lifetime income distribution and redistribution in Australia: Applications of a dynamic cohort microsimulation model (1991)
Academic work
Discipline	Economist
Sub-discipline	Microsimulation modelling
Institutions	National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra

Ann Margaret Harding AO FASSA (18 May 1958 – 30 January 2023)[1] was an Australian economist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Canberra.

Academic career

Harding completed a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney.[2] She was a contributor to Business Review magazine in 1980[3] and then joined the Department of the Parliamentary Library in Canberra as a legislative research specialist in January 1981.[4] In 1982 she was employed as a policy analyst by the Department of Social Security.[5] She graduated with a PhD titled Lifetime income distribution and redistribution in Australia: Applications of a dynamic cohort microsimulation model from the London School of Economics in 1991.[6]

Harding returned to Australia to the University of Canberra where she was appointed Professor of Applied Economics and Social Policy on 12 October 1992,[7] at 34 becoming one of the youngest women professors in Australia.[8] In 1993 she founded and was inaugural Director of the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, remaining in that position until 2009,[9] when she moved into a research role.[10] She was made an Emeritus Professor of the University of Canberra in 2014.[2]

Harding's research focused on microsimulation modelling and she was a regular contributor to public policy.[2]

Harding died on 30 January 2023, at the age of 64.[11]

Honours and recognition

Harding was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 1996.[2] In the 2016 Australia Day Honours she was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to education in the field of applied economics and social policy analysis, as an academic, researcher and author, and to professional organisations".[12]

The Ann Harding Conference Centre at the University of Canberra is named in recognition of her contribution to the university.[13]

Selected works

• Harding, Ann (14 October 1993), Lifetime income distribution and redistribution: Applications of a microsimulation model, North-Holland (published 1993), ISBN 978-0-444-89843-2
• Harding, Ann, ed. (22 April 1996), Microsimulation and public policy: Selected papers from the IARIW Special Conference on Microsimulation and Public Policy, Canberra, 5-9 December, 1993, Elsevier (published 1996), ISBN 978-0-444-81894-2
• Harding, Ann; Gupta, Anil (2007), Modelling our Future, Volume 15: Population Ageing, Social Security and Taxation, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, ISBN 978-0-08-047156-3
• Zaidi, Asghar; Harding, Ann; Williamson, Paul (2009), New Frontiers in Microsimulation Modelling, Ashgate Publishing Limited, ISBN 978-0-7546-7647-8
• Rahman, Azizur; Harding, Ann (15 November 2015), Small area estimation and microsimulation modelling, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group (published 2017), ISBN 978-1-4822-6072-4

References

1. Rahman, Azizur; Harding, Ann, 1958- (15 November 2015), Small Area Estimation and Microsimulation Modelling, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group (published 2017), ISBN 978-1-4822-6072-4
2. "Academy Fellow: Emeritus Professor Ann Harding FASSA". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
3. "Business magazine". The Canberra Times. Vol. 54, no. 16, 407. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 27 August 1980. p. 34. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "Appointments, promotions, etc., for Parliamentary departments DEPARTMENT OF THE PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Public Service. No. PS4. Australia. 29 January 1981. p. 2. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "UC computer centre to focus on policies". The Canberra Times. Vol. 67, no. 21, 030. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 November 1992. p. 3. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
6. Harding, Ann (1991). Lifetime income distribution and redistribution in Australia: Applications of a dynamic cohort microsimulation model (PhD thesis). London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom).
7. University of Canberra (30 June 1993), "Appendix B Professors of the University Emeritus Professors of the University Honorary Degrees (30 June 1993)", Annual Report (166 of 1993), The University: 36, ISSN 1325-1627
8. "Microsimulating a world of ageing baby-boomers". The Canberra Times. Vol. 67, no. 21, 032. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 12 November 1992. p. 5. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
9. "OFFICER (AO) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA" (PDF). Old Governor-General of Australia website. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
10. Doman, Claudia (26 January 2016). "NATSEM founder recognised in Australia Day honours". University of Canberra. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
11. "Ann Margaret HARDING". The Canberra Times. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
12. "Emeritus Professor Ann Margaret Harding". It's An Honour. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
13. "Ann Harding Conference Centre". UC Union. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2021.