Plan parties to fix fertility

Socializing is a proximate driver of dating and marriage, which affects fertility; therefore small, deliberate investments in social infrastructure (events, places, rituals) could be a policy lever to raise marriage and birth rates. The claim reframes demographic policy from purely economic incentives to engineered social life. — If taken seriously, it shifts policy debate toward cultural and place‑based interventions (town planning, community programming) as tools for demographic recovery.