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Self-perceived job insecurity across Europe over time – does changing context matter?- Preliminary version: Please do not cite –AbstractJob insecurity – in terms of an employee’s evaluation of the continuity in a current job –displays a high variety across European countries, wherefore previous research has mainly focused on the impact of labour market conditions and welfare state institutions. This paper adds to the existing research in several ways: First, it focuses on two cognitive components separately – namely the self-perceived likelihood and the self-perceived severity of job loss. Second, this study expands the range of context determinants by the past development of the labour market and welfare state interventions. I argue that not the current state of the labour market and welfare state institutions alone, but also recent changes of this context are relevant for individual’s evaluation of job insecurity. And third, this study examines how the link between welfare state institutions and the individual’s perception of job insecurity varies under changing labour market conditions. Relying on data from the 2ndand 5thRound of the European Social Survey and contextual information provided by the OECD, multilevel analysesare conducted. The results reveal that the past development of the labour market and changes in the welfare state interventions contributes to explain individual’s perception of job insecurity. In addition, it became apparent that thelink between the welfare institutions and the subjective job insecurity depends on the development of the labour market.The findings represent a promising starting point for further research.ContactDipl.-Soz. Christiane LübkeInstitute of SociologyUniversity of Duisburg-Essen47057 Duisburg, Germanychristiane.luebke@uni-due.deIntroductionThechanging nature of the labour market hasreceived particular attention from researchersand the general public.A large part of discussion deals with the growing deregulation and fle