for some groups such as youths not in employment education or training neets inactive spouses and early retirees there may be scope to better identify individuals in the group eg by matching public datasets for a targeted offer of services increased integration of pes services with those of other public actors such as health childcare or social services and education institutions can enhance the service offer policies outside the direct remit of employment and related services such as employment protection or tax legislation also need to be addressed although this chapter does not analyse them prior to the recent crisis this led to significant increases in labour force participation rates and relatively low unemployment rates