Is There an Insider Advantage in Getting Tenure?

摘要

At most universities there are two types of tenured economists—those who began work at the school shortly after leaving graduate school (and were later promoted), and experienced economists who were hired with tenure. Conventional wisdom in academic circles suggests that it is easier to get tenure as an insider than it is to attract an offer as an outsider. That is, schools hold potential external senior hires to tougher standards then they do their own junior professors.