Pay transparency. The WhatsApp and Instagram decision. Our beef with screwworms. – NPR

ANNOUNCER: NPR. [COIN SPINNING] [THEME MUSIC] DARIAN WOODS: This is The Indicator from Planet Money. I’m Darian Woods. WAILIN WONG: I’m Wailin Wong. [CRASHING] WOODS: Did you hear that crash landing, Wailin? Visiting from a galaxy far, far away, the fantastical Nick Fountain. NICK FOUNTAIN: Ah! Here I am! WONG: Ah! Do you come in peace, Nick? FOUNTAIN: Oh, absolutely. I’m here for– [MUSIC PLAYING] ALL: Indicators of the Week! WONG: On today’s show, we have– WOODS: The results are in on pay transparency. FOUNTAIN: Ooh. WONG: We have people being paid to use social media less. FOUNTAIN: And we have a man eater! WOODS: What? FOUNTAIN: A flesh eater. WONG: Ah! FOUNTAIN: A surprising reason that beef is more expensive these days. WOODS: All the topics du jour after the break. WONG: It’s Indicators of the Week. Darian, you’re up first. WOODS: My indicator is 2.5% That’s the average amount wages have changed following pay transparency laws. That’s according to a new economics working paper. FOUNTAIN: Oh, so this is how, recently, employers have had to, because of various laws, post salary ranges on their job postings. Is that what’s going on here? WOODS: In certain states, yes. WONG:
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