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Where does tenure collide?

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Labor economics

A scholar's near-permanent job protection

In labor economics and higher education, tenure is a form of employment protection granting a scholar an effectively permanent appointment, dismissible only for cause, after a probationary review. H. Lorne Carmichael's 1988 Incentives in academics: Why is there tenure? argues that this protection is what lets incumbents evaluate and hire potential rivals honestly, since a secure post removes the fear of being displaced by one's own recruits. The referent is a contractual safeguard on an individual's job, and it is unrelated to the security of a claim to land that the same word names in property economics.[1]

Unit
The degree of permanence and for-cause-only protection in an academic appointment
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Observed through the probationary-then-permanent appointment structure and its effects on hiring, risk-taking, and research productivity

Property economics

The security of your rights to hold land

In development and property economics, tenure is the security and bundle of rights under which a person holds land: whether use, transfer, and the fruits of improvement are protected against expropriation. Timothy Besley's 1995 Property rights and investment incentives: Theory and evidence from Ghana shows that more secure land tenure strengthens incentives to invest in the land, because holders expect to capture the returns. The referent is the legal-institutional security of a claim to land, and it is a different construct from the job protection that universities grant under the same word.[2]

Unit
The security and breadth of the rights under which land is held
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Gauged by the strength and transferability of land rights and their observed effect on investment in the land

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References

  1. Carmichael, H. L. (1988). Incentives in academics: Why is there tenure? Journal of Political Economy, 96(3), 453–472. https://doi.org/10.1086/261547
  2. Besley, T. (1995). Property rights and investment incentives: Theory and evidence from Ghana. Journal of Political Economy, 103(5), 903–937. https://doi.org/10.1086/262008

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