Prevention against social risks through investment in human capital serves as the main focus of social investment. The social investment perspective suggests that social protection benefits should ensure adequate income maintenance over the life course. The goal of the current study is twofold: to analyse the role of social benefits that protect against poverty and look at the distribution of social risks over the life course with a focus on of social investment in the Baltic States drawing on microdata of EU-SILC 2015. In addition, the study uses Eurostat data to explore spending on social protection and investments in human capital, classified as “Old” and “New” risks, during 2005-2014. The findings of the study suggest that low spending on social welfare in the Baltic States cannot ensure adequate income guarantees for the population at risk as well as lower dependency on welfare state benefits.

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波罗的海国家的社会投资：消除贫困的好处和生命历程中的社会风险分配

通过人力资本投资防范社会风险是社会投资的重点。社会投资的观点表明，社会保护福利应确保在整个生命过程中维持足够的收入。当前研究的目标有两个：分析防止贫困的社会福利的作用，并研究生命历程中社会风险的分布，重点是利用 EU-SILC 的微观数据对波罗的海国家的社会投资2015 年。此外，该研究使用欧盟统计局的数据来探索 2005-2014 年期间社会保护支出和人力资本投资，分为“旧”和“新”风险。