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It’s paradoxical.

While everyone from politicians to the media extol the value of small business to job creation, its share of U.S. employment has been on a long-term decline.

The majority of the private sector labor force now works in big companies, with that fraction at 51 percent in 2009, up from 43 percent in 1946. The share in medium-sized businesses is down slightly from 34 to 31 percent, while the fraction in the smallest businesses – those with less than 20 employees – has declined from 23 percent to 18 percent.

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