This statistic presents the results of a phone survey conducted by Gallup among American small-business owners in October 2013. Survey respondents were asked how they thought a higher minimum wage would effect small-business owners. Some 60 percent of respondents said they thought a higher minimum wage would hurt most small-business owners.
Small-business owners: If a law is passed to increase the minimum wage, do you think this would help most small-business owners, hurt most small-business owners, or have little effect on most small-business owners?
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Gallup, & Wells Fargo. (November 11, 2013). Small-business owners: If a law is passed to increase the minimum wage, do you think this would help most small-business owners, hurt most small-business owners, or have little effect on most small-business owners? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/322690/us-small-business-owners-opinion-on-effects-of-a-higher-minimum-wage/
Gallup, und Wells Fargo. "Small-business owners: If a law is passed to increase the minimum wage, do you think this would help most small-business owners, hurt most small-business owners, or have little effect on most small-business owners?." Chart. November 11, 2013. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/322690/us-small-business-owners-opinion-on-effects-of-a-higher-minimum-wage/
Gallup, Wells Fargo. (2013). Small-business owners: If a law is passed to increase the minimum wage, do you think this would help most small-business owners, hurt most small-business owners, or have little effect on most small-business owners?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/322690/us-small-business-owners-opinion-on-effects-of-a-higher-minimum-wage/
Gallup, and Wells Fargo. "Small-business Owners: If a Law Is Passed to Increase The Minimum Wage, Do You Think This Would Help Most Small-business Owners, Hurt Most Small-business Owners, or Have Little Effect on Most Small-business Owners?." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Nov 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/322690/us-small-business-owners-opinion-on-effects-of-a-higher-minimum-wage/
Gallup & Wells Fargo, Small-business owners: If a law is passed to increase the minimum wage, do you think this would help most small-business owners, hurt most small-business owners, or have little effect on most small-business owners? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/322690/us-small-business-owners-opinion-on-effects-of-a-higher-minimum-wage/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Small-business owners: If a law is passed to increase the minimum wage, do you think this would help most small-business owners, hurt most small-business owners, or have little effect on most small-business owners? [Graph], Gallup, & Wells Fargo, November 11, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/322690/us-small-business-owners-opinion-on-effects-of-a-higher-minimum-wage/
