I was taught in the mainstream of economics at the University of Chicago that utility well being is a function of stuff. And yet we know in real life, and this is what you were alluding to about agency and dignity,. If you don't have a good set of skills, if the only way you have access to stuff is through the government giving it to you, your quality of life is not the same as when you exercise those skills on your own. The families who are better for worse, the families who have lots of stuff already can push their children in directions. There's a hidden variable underlying the data is what you're suggesting but it's really about guidance, advice, molding