BIOGRAPHY - Ann Harding

Participation in the Network's Paradigm and Applications Working Group (select the appropriate options)

Paradigm Working Groups

 Socio-spatial theory

 Methodologies, tools and techniques

 Scenarios and forecasting

 Sources, data quality and data integration

Application Working Groups

 National and regional socio-economic change

 Population, economic and information flows

 Social and economic networks

 Regional development and community capacity building

 Behaviour and well-being in socio-spatial settings

Publication 1:

A. Harding, R. Lloyd & N. Warren, 2006, "The Distribution of Taxes and Government Benefits in Australia", in Dimitri Papadimitriou. (ed), The Distributional Effects of Government Spending and Taxation , Palgrave, New York, June 2006.

Publication 2:

Kelly, S. and Harding A., 2006, "Retirement Incomes and Australia's Ageing Population", in Bhajan Grewal and Margarita Kumnick (ed), Engaging the New World: Responses to the Knowledge Economy, Melbourne University Publishing, Victoria, May.

Publication 3:

Abello, A and Harding, A, 2006, ‘Income Mobility and Financial Disadvantage: Transitions among Australian Children’, Agenda, Vol 13, No 1.

Publication 4:

Brown, L and Harding, A. 2005, ‘The New Frontier of Health And Aged Care: Using Microsimulation to Assess Policy Options’, Quantitative Tools for Microeconomic Policy Analysis, Productivity Commission, Canberra

Publication 5:

Chin, S F, Harding, A., Lloyd, R., McNamara, J., Phillips, B. and Vu, Q., 2005, “Spatial Microsimulation Using Synthetic Small Area Estimates of Income, Tax and Social Security Benefits” , Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 303-336

Publication 6:

Warren, N, Harding, A and Lloyd, R, ‘GST and the changing incidence of Australian taxes: 1994-95 to 2001-02’, eJournal of Tax Research (2005) vol. 3, no. 1, pp 117-149

Publication 7:

Harding, A., Abello, A., Brown, L., and Phillips, B. ‘The Distributional Impact of Government Outlays on the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme in 2001-02’, Economic Record, Vol 80, Special Issue, September 2004

Current Research 1:

Ann's key interest is in developing microsimulation models and microdata bases to give decision makers better information upon which to base their policy decisions. In recent years she has spearheaded the development of spatial microsimulation models, for examining the spatial impact of social and tax policy changes and for looking at poverty and housing affordability at a small area level. She has also been involved in a project to develop a small area index of child social exclusion. NATSEM is currently developing small area information about the socio-economic characteristics of households, which will ultimately be freely available to researchers through the ARCRNSISS website.