Sten isn't prevented from earning an income. He's potentially less likely to get a job for which he isn't a good fit. Perhaps that means he'll get another one

Sten isn't prevented from earning an income. He's potentially less likely to get a job for which he isn't a good fit. Perhaps that means he'll get another one instead? That pays more, so he can eat even more expensive food? I don't think it does much good to speculate about further downstream effects.