... percent of the workforce of very small firms wasin this category, while about 12 percent of the workforce ofvery large firms was in the category.17With a younger, more part-time workforce ... small- business workforcediffers from the large -business workforceBrian Headd is aneconomist with theOffice of Advocacy,U.S. Small Business Administration,Washington, DC. Theinformation presentedin ... small- business employees Small businesses employ slightly more than halfof the private-sector workforce; in many ways,such as education, race, origin, age,and part-time status, the small- business...