There is a longer time lag in the availability of these latter data, but it will soon become possible to analyse the operation of both passive and active labour market programmes as sources of support for job losers and other unemployed people during the 2008-09 downturn. The analysis of cyclical earnings volatility in Chapter 3 of this publication, together with other OECD work in this area, are shedding new light on this complex issue. However, much remains to be learned and the OECD Employment Outlook 2012 will devote a chapter to this topic.