Political candidates’ preferences for political influence, time, money and a work environment void of sexism and transgressive behaviors

How do preferences for power and political office vary according to gender and victim- ization of sexism and harassment? We use a conjoint job-choice experiment applied to the pool of political candidates to investigate this. The findings show that men and women state similar preferences for political influence, remuneration, and workload. The political ambitions of women are as high as those held by men at this career stage. Surprisingly, victims state stronger preferences for political influence than non-victims independently of their gender. Selection is strong and the victims who chose to rerun do so because they reap a work characteristic that only is found in political assemblies; namely political influence. Men and male victims state lower preferences for a work environment void of sexism and transgressive behavior, an also run a lower risk of ha- rassment. The implications of these finding for political careers and work environments